An exciting opportunity has arisen for a rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapist within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. Our full-time post offer you the opportunity to develop skills across the acute inpatient setting. We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and professional individual to join our friendly and supportive Therapy Service (Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy).
Therapy Services sits as part of the wider Rehabilitation Service which includes Dietetics and Speech & Language Therapy. You will be joining a well-established multi-disciplinary service. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical and teaching skills and be actively involved in service development. We offer preceptorship, action learning sets, clinical and managerial supervision and performance appraisals.
Cross site working is a MUST for this role.
Main duties of the job
To take responsibility for continuing to develop as an occupational therapist, both clinically and professionally.
To contribute to the management of patients and the overall development of the team whilst working in all rotational clinical areas/specialities as a Band 5 occupational therapist.
To communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team whilst carrying out rotational placements.
Rotations
- Orthopaedics (2 rotations)
- Stroke
- Combined Medicine, Critical Care & Surgery
About us
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust’s redeployment process.
Qualifications
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registered
- A member of RCOT
Experience
- Wide variety of fieldwork placements in core rotations
- Acute Hospital Experience
Other
- Independently mobile to access all work sites within job role
- Ability to manage own time and pressure including clinical caseload
- Ability to demonstrate personal and clinical effectiveness to achieve optimum patient care
- Strong belief in CPD and Reflective Practice
Key Skills/Abilities
- Able to work as a team member and independently
- Ability to present information in logical concise manner
- Clinical Reasoning
Knowledge
- Sound level of theoretical knowledge
- Demonstrate evidence of working within a Multi-disciplinary team
- Basic knowledge of the multi-disciplinary team
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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