The Great Western Hospital are looking to recruit Band 5 Occupational Therapists as part of our well-established rotational programme. We are looking to welcome experienced OT's along with Students that are due to qualify in summer 2024.

Our Rotational Programme includes gaining valuable experience in the below areas:

• In patient Orthopaedics
• Acute Medicine and surgery
• Front Door
• Acute Stroke Unit
• Generaland Stroke inpatient rehab
• General Rehab and step-down/complex discharge planning
• Community Rehab
• Community Stroke Rehab

The Rotational Programme can be tailored to accommodate your interests and your learning and development needs.

If you would like to find out more information about this opportunity or to arrange a brief department walk around, please get in touch with Louise White, Briony Howard or Michaela Kirby on 01793 646371.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Main duties of the job

Manage and be responsible for an assigned clinical caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused, rehabilitative or compensatory approach for a broad range of conditions, within hospital/ communitysettings. To assess occupational performance then plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based client centred interventions maintaining the associated records in compliance with the standards from the CollegeOf Occupational Therapy, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Community Intermediate Care Team.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.To communicate with other multi-disciplinary team members, families, carers, and external agencies concerned with the management of the patient.2. Participate in the Band 5 Rotation Scheme.3. To develop skills and knowledge through the competency framework and participate in continuous professional development, in-service training and any other developmental activities.4. To screen and prioritise referrals within an assigned caseload, following service standards and referring to other agencies where necessary.5. To undertake standardised and non-standardised basic Occupational Therapy assessments and analyse in the context of the patients daily activities, for a designated caseload following department standards and protocols.

Please see the attached job description for full information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma /Degree: Occupational Therapy
• Registered with Health Profession council

Desirable

• Member of professional body / special interest groups

Experience

Essential

• Application of OT process
• Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
• Broad clinical experience.(placement level or post graduate)
• Use of basic outcome measures.
• Evidence of Continuing professional development e.g. a Portfolio

Desirable

• Audit
• Experience of planning and coordinating treatment programmes
• Experience of a broad range of clinical interventions

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of current best practice
• Apply professional ethics to practice.
• Basic clinical reasoning skills
• Up to date clinical knowledge.
• Basic understanding of health legislation
• Basic understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable

• Basic knowledge of OT models used in practice
• Basic leadership skills.
• Basic ability to develop others, using supervision and delegation skills.
• Understanding of other professionals working within the inter-professional team.
• Basic teaching and presentation skills.

Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

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