Senior Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System
Organisations within scope are as follows:
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Southern Health Foundation Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- University Hospital Southampton
- Solent NHS Trust
- South Central Ambulance Service
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Hampshire Hospitals
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge in a dynamic and creative team Or a Band 5 looking for progression in your career
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to work within our Therapy Department at Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth. We have flexible working opportunities available; as such we can offer either rotational or static posts or developmental opportunities for Band 5 to Band 6 level dependent on the needs and interests of the post holder. We also offer opportunities for flexible working hours both for full-time and part-time staff. We would love to speak to you about forming the right role for you!
Situated in the beautiful county of Hampshire close to the historic seaside city of Portsmouth you can have the best of both worlds; busy energising city life or rural calm in the picturesque surrounding countryside. London is situated only an hour away whilst nearby Southampton Chichester and Winchester are all in commuting distance.
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to provide high quality patient assessment and treatment as part of an integrated therapy team in Medicine Acute Stroke Older Persons Medicine Orthopaedics and Surgery.
You should be flexible and able to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills in both acute rehabilitation and complex discharge planning. You will need to be confident and assertive with excellent communication skills. You will need to have the ability to demonstrate these in a pressurised fast paced environment.
We provide a supportive environment within our therapy service and prioritise staff wellbeing. We aim to support your progression as a Band 6 and offer excellent learning opportunities for your ongoing professional development. An ability to identify your own learning needs and respond to those of others will be an important part of this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide high-quality patient-centred care.
- Conduct comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments and develop treatment plans to enable patients to achieve their maximum level of independence.
- Participate in discharge planning including complex discharges and liaising with discharge services to ensure safe and effective transitions of care.
- To have strong clinical reasoning skills with the ability to manage a caseload independently.
- To have the ability to adapt to working in different clinical areas and manage the challenges of working in a busy hospital/ community environment
- Support supervise and educate Band 5 Occupational Therapists Therapy Assistants and students.
- Contribute to service development initiatives audits and quality improvement projects.
- Demonstrate commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice.
The therapy service is covered over seven days and you will be required to work occasional weekends or bank holidays.
Regular clinical supervision and peer support will be provided from clinical leads and Occupational Therapy peer support groups. You will also have access to internal and external training networking opportunities and support from our Occupational Therapy Practice Educator.
To discuss this opportunity or to arrange a visit please contact Kerry Herriot-Brown via email: or telephone:ext. 6838 or our administration team on:.
Please refer to Job Description for further details.
Qualifications :
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent e.g. Occupational Therapy Diploma
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
Desirable
- Post registration training within specialist area of care
- Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Additional Information :
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
