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Location
Loughborough, Leicestershire | United Kingdom
Job description
Duties and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to: Assessing complex patients with a range of diagnoses and identify, develop and implement appropriate specialist rehabilitation programmes based on clear clinical reasoning. Demonstrate highly specialised knowledge and experience in a range of procedures and conditions underpinned by sound theory and evidence-based practice. Assessing and treating your own patient caseload, individually and/or in groups, as part of an inter- disciplinary team, in a variety of settings. Supporting the IDT (interdisciplinary team) in the interpretation of assessment results and recommendations based on clinical need as part of the larger rehabilitation process. To be skilled at assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating to the patient's condition which will impact on their ability to carry out their activities of daily living. Contributing to Activity of Daily Living (ADL) and employment-focused goal setting and action planning. Contributing to an effective and aspiration-focused pre-vocational / vocational OT input for Force Generation patients who require assistance with a return to military work (RTW), parallel career planning, and/or transition planning. Re-framing patients unhelpful perceptions of their function and/or work capacity and assist them with adjusting their plans to help optimise their ADL performance, military RTW, or their approach to the civilian job market. Contributing to the development of a specialist service and related policies. Supervising/managing students and other staff working in own specialist area. Being a highly effective communicator whilst demonstrating skills in empathy, reassurance and the ability to motivate others. Being responsible for assessing and advising on the provision of equipment to support patients. Liaising with external agencies. Maintaining up to date, accurate patient records in line with professional practice guidelines and produce specialist reports where appropriate. To follow The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) guidelines, standards of practice and local policies in carrying out professional duties. Please pay particular attention to the attached Job Description and Person Specification which outlines the role requirements in further detail. The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time to job share will be considered, taking into account business needs. At interview, you will be tested against the following Technical Skills; NHS Core NHSC1 Communication NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement NHS Core NHSC5 Quality NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment All employees joining the Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken. Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included. Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. Defence Medical Services - YouTube (Please copy and paste the above link into your browser) If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home. The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility. We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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£35.39k - £42.62k per annum
