Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job Overview

A fantastic band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation opportunity has arisen at Wexham Park Hospital (WPH) which will enable you to develop and integrate your OT skills and knowledge in community and acute settings. This Rotational Band 6 Occupational Therapy post aims to provide employment opportunities to enhance understanding and collaborative working.

This post would be suitable for current Band 6s looking for a change in role, experienced Band 5s interested in career progression or OTs who are interested in returning to practice.

Rotations providing you with diverse experiences will be in the following areas, spanning 12 months each:

• Wexham Park & Heatherwood – Acute assessment (A&E), Stroke, Orthopaedics, Acute, Medical & Elderly Care, Surgery, Hand Injuries, Palliative care
• Possibility of rotation to Frimley Park Hospital (*May depend on experience and service structure) - Acute assessment (A&E)/Frailty, Stroke, Orthopaedics, Surgery (including amputees) Acute Medical (including, Cardiology, Respiratory, Elderly
  
  

We have a strong Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

To provide excellent, high-quality person-centered clinical care that advocates for patients; strive to provide a service fit for today and the future; develop personal leadership to support clinical growth. Every rotation (12 months) brings duties specific for that specialty and team.

The post holder assumes responsibility for the day-to-day management of the clinical area, in the absence of the team leader.

The post holder is supervised by a named therapist, who may not be present at all times. Clinical and professional supervision is in the form of regular clinical reasoning sessions, observed practice, peer review and formal training.

The post holder will link with the Band 7 clinical specialist and/or Team Lead therapist to support the use of resources within budget. The level of managerial responsibility involves the supervision and appraisal of junior therapists, support workers and undergraduates, with the support of the Band 7.

Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent leadership, service improvement and clinical training opportunities supported by an OT practice development lead and clinical support from clinical flow lead.

Working for our organisation

We Offer

• Excellent Training and learning opportunities
• Supervision and appraisal
• Peer support
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion networks
• Flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Lease car and Home Electronics Schemes
• Extensive staff health and well being programs
• Blue Light Card, NHS discounts
• On-site nurseries
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post.

To find about more about the additional things we can offer get in touch.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Degree or Diploma in OT
• HCPC registration
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Fieldwork educators course
• Evidence of post graduate CPD
  
  

Skill

Essential criteria

• Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
• Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities related to the acute, physical setting
• able to work under pressure
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Good understanding of how the OT role relates within the acute, physical NHS setting
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Training and facilitation skills
• Use of an electronic patient record
  
  

Experiene

Essential criteria

• knowledge of evidence based practice and service improvement
• Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
• Ability to clinical reason/ plan intervention independently
• Relevant experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of research and audit
• Advice and informal supervision to support staff and students
  
  

Special

Essential criteria

• Willingness to rotate clinical area of work
• Must be able to travel between sites
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Car driver with licence
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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