Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist - EIT

CLINICAL SPECIALIST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST or PHYSIOTHERAPIST - EARLY INTERVENTION THERAPY TEAM

Permanent | Full Time

The Integrated Therapies Department at the James Paget University Hospital is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our Early Intervention Therapy Team and Frailty Team. The successful candidate will support in the delivery of high-quality therapy interventions across the specialty, support in the teaching and development of junior staff and students and take an active role in quality improvement projects to guide service development. The post will primarily sit in the Early Intervention Therapy Team which covers Accident and Emergency, the Acute Medical Unit and the new Same Day Emergency Care Unit. There will be the additional requirement to support other clinical areas including the Frailty Assessment Unit and Older Persons Medicine covered by the Frailty branch of the team.

As a Band 7 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist, you are integral to the leadership of the team, working alongside the Therapy Team Leader to provide direction, development and support to the Therapy Team. You will be specialist in your area and will be responsible for your own complex caseload consisting of patients with a variety of different conditions whilst supporting junior members of the team. Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be needed

to balance clinical and non-clinical duties.

The post-holder will act as a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist in the Early Intervention Therapy Team and Frailty Team. You will be responsible for leading and supporting on the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may present with complex pathology and social issues to formulate an intervention plan based on expert analytical clinical reasoning skills. You will need advanced communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care and will be in regular discussions with patients, carers, James Paget University Hospital colleagues and community partners etc, as well as providing training to Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Therapy Assistant Practitioner colleagues and to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The core hours for this post are 08:00-16:00, however, flexible working is supported and encouraged; this will also include being rostered on a seven-day service/shift pattern.

The James Paget is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to the people of east Norfolk and north Suffolk. Situated on the coast with beautiful beaches and the Broads National Park on the doorstep we are within commuting distance of Norwich City.

Service Improvement:

The Integrated Therapies Department is positive and forward thinking, always striving to improve services. Our links with the Research Department is growing with joint projects being worked on. Our therapists represent the Trust at CSP, RCOT, BOA and BGS conferences.

Personal and professional development is key. We are developing our research and innovation strategy in line with the national AHP Strategy. We will support you in achieving your career goals through our well-structured supervision and appraisal system, actively encouraging utilisation of training courses (clinical, non-clinical and leadership skills) with use of CPD funding.

Development of others: You will be supported to provide education to your team but also to our wider workforce. We also support development of our future workforce through our close links with the University of East Anglia, Suffolk College and City College Norwich.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Power Job title: Integrated Therapies Administrator Email address: ITAT@jpaget.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01493 453121

Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30