Sector:
Allied Type: Permanent Reference
no: mhj8552 Employer: NHS Foundation Trust Location: London Salary: £44,076-£51,676 (Band 8a) per year Benefits: see advert Posted date:
25/02/2010 Closing date: 10/03/2010
Details: Kings College Hospital is part of Kings Health Partners Academic
Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between
Kings College London, and Guys and St Thomas, Kings College
Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.
Clinical Occupational Therapist
Band 8A, 37.5 hours per week
(part time hours/job share will be considered)
King’s College Hospital has a large Therapy department with 180
therapists from Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and
Language Therapy. Each service is organised under a Head of
Profession with a Director of Therapies heading up the service and
representing Therapies across the Trust. The department has a well
established tradition of supervision and appraisal which ensures all
staff is given opportunities to develop skills and knowledge and to
reach their full potential.
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced therapist to
lead the occupational therapy service in hands. This is a challenging
and interesting position that combines the roles of expert clinician
and teaching, service and staff development, team leadership, MDT and
interagency consultation. There is also the opportunity to manage
non-surgical conditions as part of the Musculoskeletal Clinical
Assessment and Triage Service (M-CATS) which is a developing extended
scope role, working in collaboration with the MDT. Hand and upper
limb therapy clinical experience at an advanced level is essential
and you should be able to display postgraduate learning relevant to
this post.
With proven skills in the management of orthopaedic and rheumatologic
hand conditions, you must have excellent communication and
interpersonal skills, and be able to teach and guide the development
of less experienced staff and students. There is a well-structured
hand/ upper limb therapy professional development programme which
combines journal reviews, in-service training and clinical skills
training, access to relevant OT and PT teaching programmes, weekly
meetings with the orthopaedic consultants and possibility for funding
for external courses.
You will lead a team, which includes a band 7 occupational therapist,
a rotational band 6 OT and a part time OT assistant, who work
alongside a clinical lead physiotherapist (PT), and a band 7 and band
6 PT. This post offers an excellent opportunity to practice and
develop your skills within a supportive, friendly and learning
environment. The service provides both trust-based and practice-based
sessions and currently operates a nine day fortnight system for
weekday working hours. The outpatient upper limb therapy department
is situated in a purpose built facility, with easy access to all
other outpatient and inpatient departments.
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