Job summary
The Older Persons Assessment & Liaison (OPAL) team are looking for a motivated and dynamic Occupational Therapist to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to use your management and leadership skills to support and develop the team. We are looking for someone with an ethos of continual improvement and development to help us provide appropriate and tailored person-centred care to our patients.
The is a fantastic opportunity to join the OPAL team at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The OPAL team consists of Advanced Clinical practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants. The teamwork with the Frailty MDT to provide specialist assessment and treatment to patients with Frailty within urgent and emergency care services.
The service prides itself on its success rate and is committed to providing opportunities to develop both clinical and non-clinical skills through our Mentor and Coaching programmes.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist assessment and treatment to patients with Frailty within urgent and emergency care services. Must be able to work in a generalist manner to ensure continuity of care.
To work closely with other members of the Frailty MDT in providing acute hospital-based assessment for frail older people, including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
As an advanced occupational therapist, to provide therapy advice and support to other disciplines or services, within the team and across the Trust.
To work collaboratively with the wider Frailty Therapy Team to ensure operational and clinical priorities are delivered, to ensure safe patient care.
To work collaboratively across the wider Frailty Therapy Team in the maintenance and development of the therapy service and to support and lead local and national initiatives in therapy within the Frailty Service.
To extend the scope of clinical practice to enable the support of medical and nursing colleagues to provide excellent patient care.
Applicants must:
- Be passionate about frailty and the role of therapy in acute medicine
- Have service development experience and a desire for quality improvement based around the needs of our patients.
- Be a developing leader with a compassionate and inclusive approach.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
We are a well-established acute Trust with a track record of high performance and provide a broad range of services for the populations served by Wiltshire, Dorset and West Hampshire ICS’s, alongside highly regarded specialist services with excellent clinical networks both locally and nationally. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4,000 staff. We offer excellent staff benefits including an onsite day nursery and holiday play scheme, an onsite staff club with 2 indoor heated swimming pools and a fully equipped gym. Situated in the south of Wiltshire, Salisbury is surrounded by beautiful countryside including Salisbury Plain and the New forest.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, Salisbury also has one of the 31 UNESCO world heritage sites in the UK in the form of Stonehenge and in addition boasts a number of museums and famous landmarks which are well worth a visit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Current HCPC registration
- Minimum of 2 years experience of working at a senior level in an NHS Organisation
Desirable
- Relevant Post Graduate clinical experience
- Relevant post grad qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of advanced assessment and clinical skills in frailty
- Experience of staff leadership, management and supervision
Desirable
- Evidence of patient related quality improvement initiative
- Evidence relevant of post grad professional development
- Experience in Emergency therapy/ Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services/community therapy
- Experience relevant to the post
Leadership
Essential
- Evidence of team leadership and ability to work effectively across departments
- Evidence of a compassionate & inclusive leadership approach
Desirable
- Evidence of ongoing Leadership training & development
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Current HCPC registration
- Minimum of 2 years experience of working at a senior level in an NHS Organisation
Desirable
- Relevant Post Graduate clinical experience
- Relevant post grad qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of advanced assessment and clinical skills in frailty
- Experience of staff leadership, management and supervision
Desirable
- Evidence of patient related quality improvement initiative
- Evidence relevant of post grad professional development
- Experience in Emergency therapy/ Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services/community therapy
- Experience relevant to the post
Leadership
Essential
- Evidence of team leadership and ability to work effectively across departments
- Evidence of a compassionate & inclusive leadership approach
Desirable
- Evidence of ongoing Leadership training & development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
