The purpose of this post is to provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy care at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital. This post will be based with the Medicine/Therapy Frailty Team, working as part of the frailty service in the Emergency Department, SDEC, short stay wards and general medicine wards. You would be expected to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
This post will provide specialist Occupational Therapy intervention for patients in the Emergency Department , SDEC and Short Stay wards and will have a role in supporting an effective discharge as part of a wider MDT across general medical wards.
You will be based on in the therapy department at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, working alongside other members of the Therapy team and wider MDT ensuring the service delivers excellent care to patients.
The post would ideally suit an experienced Band 6 Therapist or a Band 5 wishing to progress into a more senior role.
There will be an expectation that you will participate in the 7 day working rota participating in a 08:00-20:00 shift.
Perform advanced Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision.
Supervise, educate and assess students, assistants and Band 5 staff and provide specialised advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area.
Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further develop own clinical practice and development of the service area. Make recommendations on changes to practice to the clinical lead/manager. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Chapman Job title: Team Lead Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 03033 302587