Band 6 - Rotational Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Therapies

An exciting opportunity has arisen to advance your career in Occupational Therapy by joining the team at West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotational.

This permanent full-time position (37.5 hours per week) offers the chance to gain diverse experience across various clinical settings.

The rotations, each lasting 6 months, include the following areas:

Emergency Department / Acute Assessment Unit

Frailty Unit

Elderly Care

Medical

Community Bed-Based Rehabilitation

Stroke

Orthopaedics and Surgery.

The post holder will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills across the above rotations by contributing to service development and supervision of qualified staff.

Each rotation is supported by a well-established supervision and in-service training programme.

There are also opportunities for study leave and course funding both internally and externally.

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/

We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact [email protected].

If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tina Wrigley Job title: Therapy Team Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01923 217271