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Location

Headington, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Thank you for your interest in this exciting new role, to provide clinical skills and leadership to the Renal & Urology services, as part of the planned expansion of our therapy team. We are seeking a high performing clinician and leader passionate about improving the lives of patients in this clinical area.

This team lead role provides a compelling opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced and personable occupational therapist to lead and improve our renal and urology service. We are seeking an individual who values people, diversity, applied science, and ambition.

Working in the Churchill Hospital offers a rewarding and clinically challenging experience. The Churchill Hospital is a centre of excellence for cancer services and other specialties, including renal, urology and transplant, clinical and medical oncology, dermatology, haemophilia and palliative care. The hospital is based in Headington, roughly 3 miles from the centre of Oxford and has exceptional public transport to and from the hospital as well as onsite parking.

If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please take the time to contact me to discuss it further or arrange a visit using the contact details in the advert.

Job Purpose
• To deploy advanced knowledge, skills and experience to effectively lead the renal & urology therapy team
• Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist therapeutic intervention and complex rehabilitation as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Provide team leadership, supervision and appraisal to occupational therapists, physiotherapists, therapy assistants and students
• Maintain a clinical caseload of highly complex patients as an autonomous practitioner
• Contribute to team leadership, service development, and quality assurance for the Churchill therapy service
• Devise and oversee the delivery of service improvement projects seeking advances in therapeutic and rehabilitative practice
• To engage and participate in the operational, governance and research activities of the Therapies clinical service unit

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical practice

1. To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of own professional practice.

2. To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with highly complex presentations, and develop agreed problem lists and holistic treatment plans.

3. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence-based practice and clinical expertise to determine appropriate therapeutic interventions and discharge/continuing care plans.

4. Develops own knowledge and practice in specialist area of work and contributes to the development of others

5. Able to critically examine and evaluate own clinical performance, initiate changes in work practice and integrate new specialist knowledge into practice.

6. To be responsible and accountable for the therapy team clinical activity and performance.

7. To oversee the quality and efficiency of the team’s clinical resources providing support to less experienced therapists and therapy assistant staff.

8. To be able to formulate and implement treatment plans for patients who have complex and multi pathological conditions.

9. To work within the Mental Capacity Act and Liberty Protection Safeguards, as legal frameworks protecting patients and staff where mental capacity is absent and deprivation of liberty orders are in place.

10. To co-ordinate intervention and continuing care plans across multiple disciplines and agencies to ensure person-centred coordinated care.

11. To identify and appraise clinical risk and implement strategies to minimise harm to yourself, patients and staff.

12. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and therapeutic handling skills for the effective assessment and treatment of patients.

13. To be a source of clinical expertise in the identification, assessment and management of a wide range of presentations drawing on applied science and evidence-based therapeutic intervention.

14. To motivate and persuade others (including staff and patients) using advanced verbal and written communication skills.

15. To communicate complex information to small groups of people, for example in class and training sessions, using a variety of methods tailored to the needs of the audience.

16. To maintain effective communication and working relationships between all staff and people involved in patient care, both in the acute and community setting, role modelling professionalism at all times.

Leadership

1. To effectively lead the therapy team nurturing a culture (attitudes and behaviours) that is supportive, professional, and progressive in its ambitions to deliver high quality, safe and person-centred care.

2. To deputise for the clinical/service lead in their absence providing assurance of safe and effective practice with good service continuity.

3. To represent occupational therapy within groups and networks that aim to improve the quality of care for the local and broader population.

4. To ensure that the service structure, operations, and governance is congruent with contemporary policy, clinical guidance, and the Trust’s strategic intention.

5. To engage with, and contribute to, professional and managerial activities of the department, including development and implementation of departmental policies that impact occupational therapy.

6. To be responsible for the competent use, repair, and maintenance reporting of relevant equipment and patient appliances.

7. To use clinical, operational, and user experience data to inform the design and improvement of occupational therapy services.

8. To monitor and cultivate effective working relationships within the team and informally resolve disputes between team members to maintain team effectiveness.

9. To investigate complaints raised in relation to the team/service performance and respond/resolve them in accordance with the Trust’s complaints policy.

10. To contribute to the recruitment of staff through selection and appointment procedures guided by equal opportunities legislation and the relevant Trust policies.

Education:

1. To oversee the design and delivery of internal training programmes to support the continuing professional development of all staff in the team.

2. To provide specialist training to other professional groups where there is a need to upskill in the provision of safe and effective care.

3. To supervise and facilitate practice-based learning to undergraduate occupational therapy students and liaise with academic institutions regarding student performance and placement.

4. To be responsible for personal continuing professional development (CPD) and improving clinical knowledge and skills informed by contemporary science.

5. To maintain a CPD portfolio reflecting personal professional development and support members of the team have a comprehensive performance plan.

6. To initiate and maintain contacts with local and national clinical interest groups to share and disseminate knowledge with colleagues working in other care settings.

7. To disseminate knowledge of assessment and treatment techniques to patients and staff.

8. To supervise and lead the professional development of therapists on rotation through the clinical area.

9. To support and advise less experienced clinical educators in the effective management of student placements.

Research and audit:
1. To lead the team’s audit programme and any subsequent quality improvement work needed to meet clinical and operational standards of care and practice.

2. To supervise staff in the delivery of projects that endeavour to address the clinical and research priorities of the team.

3. To monitor, appraise and translate emerging evidence into the team’s practice where it is clinically appropriate and has proven benefits to patients and staff.

4. To develop team and service standards based on scientifically informed best practice, local and national standards. To ensure these standards are adhered to by all members of the team.

5. To participate in appropriate projects that are identified research or clinical priorities for the Therapies CSU.

General:

1. To carry out assessment, treatment and rehabilitation activities, with moderate physical effort involved, on a daily basis.

2. To comply with the Trust’s Manual Handling Policy and local therapeutic handling guidelines.

3. To use appropriate prioritisation and time management skills to meet the unpredictable and conflicting demands placed on the role and that of the service

4. To effectively manage your own time in an environment where the work patterns may be disrupted by frequent demands from patients, clinical staff, students, and administrative support staff.

This job involves frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular / daily basis, e.g. bodily fluids (including sputum, blood, vomit, urine, faeces), and occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression.

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Feb 2024

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