Leeds Teaching Hospitals r54Paij9
The ideal candidate should possess neonatal experience and demonstrate the ability to work autonomously while collaborating with various health and social care professionals. They are expected to adopt a patient-centered approach to therapy, focusing on evidence-based practices and interventions that address complex health needs. The role also encompasses responsibilities for professional accountability and maintaining compliance with clinical governance and quality assurance standards.
Expected Shortlisting Date:
13/12/2024
Planned Interview Date:
20/12/2024
Due to external funding we have an exciting opportunity to offer a one day Band 7 post working on the neonatal units here at The Leeds Childrens Hospital. This would be the ideal post for an Occupational Therapist with neonatal experience.
The post sits within the Childrens Occupational Therapy service and the successful candidate will provide specialist input as part of an MDT for extremely premature infants who require ongoing monitoring whilst on our neonatal units (level 3 and level 2).
You will be joining an established MDT that has recently received extra funding across the MDT for additional posts. This mix of existing and newer staff will provide exciting opportunities for service development. There is excellent local and national peer support and the OT team are committed to supporting continued professional development through appraisal, training, research and audit.
Be responsible for the management of your own caseload on the neonatal units.
Provide highly specialist, functional goal led intervention to high risk infants and their parents on the neonatal units including: supporting infant and parental occupations, postural support, developmentally supportive care and identification of developmental concerns, education/training to parents/carers and ward staff, support with transition from hospital to home, assessment and provision of specialist equipment.
Participate in MDT meetings, including ward rounds, discharge planning, family integrated care meetings and liaise with regional units as required
Work closely with MDT colleagues to deliver patient/family centered interventions.
Operational leadership of the service with existing Band 7
Provide support, training and supervision to junior staff, undergraduate students and MDT
Attend local and national peer support meetings/groups
About us
1. Job Purpose
To work within the Occupational Therapy Service, leading coordinating and developing effective intervention in a specialist area, in conjunction with the Head Occupational Therapist Clinical Area and colleagues.
To manage autonomously a clinical workload at a highly specialist level: assessing and treating patients and maintaining associated records.
To apply evidence based knowledge of the specialist clinical area, acquired through in depth experience and/or academic study to specialist post graduate level or equivalent
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to patients with diverse, complex and multiple pathological presentations.
To adopt a key role in clinical risk assessment and discharge planning
To take responsibility for organising and carrying out home assessments. Leading and co-ordinating discussions with patients and carers, health and social care professionals and community agencies to plan and implement effective and safe hospital discharges.
To provide an evidence based service to the specialist clinical area.
To provide a patient-focused service following the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge) using Occupational Therapy core skills.
To represent the Occupational Therapy Service and act as a patient advocate in multi-disciplinary meetings, with external agencies such as Social Services, Housing, Intermediate Care Services.
To manage, supervise and delegate to Occupational Therapists within the team.
To manage, supervise and delegate to Occupational Therapy Support Staff.
To supervise and educate Occupational Therapy Students.
To act as a professional role model for other team members.
To assist with the general caseload of the team as service needs dictate.
To act as a highly specialist Occupational Therapy Resource for colleagues, carers and patients.
To lead and participate in team and service developments including audit and research.
To be involved in multi-disciplinary coordination and development of services.
The trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (College of Occupational Therapy). The post holder will be professionally accountable to Health Professions Council, and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions.
2. Job Dimensions
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the management of patients with highly complex health and social care needs. The post holder as a highly specialised, autonomous practitioner will address occupational therapy performance skills, social context and activity demands in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues.
Clinical intervention may take place in a variety of settings including wards, therapy departments, clinics, peoples homes, work places community facilities, child care and educational establishments.
The work involves close liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and community based health and social care providers.
Refer to Section 9 for specific details of responsibilities.
Team Responsibilities
1. To manage, supervise and support Occupational Therapists, Support Staff and Students
2. To deputise for the Head Occupational Therapist
3. To represent Occupational Therapy on working parties and multi-agency meetings
4. To act as a resource of clinical expertise and advice within the clinical specialty
for colleagues, patients and carers
5. To be responsible for routine organisation and maintenance of the department/section
6. To initiate, lead and contribute to service development
7. To support the team in meeting local and government targets
8. To lead and participate in projects
9. To lead and participate in in-service training
10. To initiate, promote and implement changes to policies, procedures and practices within the clinical area as identified in team plan
11. To be responsible for financial and physical resources, for example, the use of equipment store systems such as Leeds Equipment Service, petty cash
12. To be responsible for checking and cleaning equipment in line with Trust and service Health and Safety Policies
Professional Responsibilities
1. To support Trust objectives and business plan
2. To lead and promote Service objectives and business plan
3. Specialist knowledge of Modernisation Agenda/Government Initiatives
4. To ensure clinical governance, quality assurance and professional standards are adhered to.
5. Membership of COT specialist section relevant to post
6. Awareness of COT initiatives
7. To initiate, promote and lead changes to policies, procedures and practice within the clinical speciality which may impact on other disciplines.
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