An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join our Older Peoples Therapy Team as a Senior Occupational Therapist.

This post is based at the Poole site which is part of University Hospitals Dorset. This is a fantastic opportunity where you will be supported to enhance your clinical practice and develop extended skills in frailty, whilst working alongside our highly regarded and innovative Older Person's Team in the hospital. This role will encompass the use of excellent clinical and leadership skills, encouraging you to work holistically developing yourself and colleagues. You will receive regular supervision and training and have responsibility for the supervision of others and contribute to the team training programme.

This post will also provide you with opportunities to develop managerial skills and contribute to and lead on service development within the team and wider services.

This role requires HCPC Registration

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: 24th September 2024

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to develop specialised skills in frailty in a fast paced environment. Your caseload will enable you to promote optimising recovery with early assessment of occupational performance in daily living activities. Assessment and education of optimal moving and handling with appropriate equipment provision and assessment of cognition will be intrinsic to this role. You will need to work in partnership with health and community providers in the county to enable Discharge to Assess and Home First Principles.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to support patients within the acute hospital and within their own homes to ensure they receive the right service in the best place for them.

About us

To be successful in this post, you will have previous NHS experience including hospital work excellent organisational, communication and motivational skills.

Participation in weekend working is an integral aspect of this post. This post is based from Poole Hospital however we have therapy teams also based from our Bournemouth and Christchurch sites, and cross-site working will become a requirement.

We offer you the opportunity to contribute towards the development of services for our patients, to be involved in the training of others, and to expand your own knowledge. So come and join our team!

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/ degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with HCPC

Desirable

• Membership of the RCOT

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 18 months experience as a Band 5 in the NHS.
• Experience of a range of rotations including medicine, orthopaedic, older people & rehabilitation.

Desirable

• Involvement in audit, research & understanding of quality issues.

Technical skills

Essential

• Contribution to the clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
• Up- to-date with professional practice and new research
• Able to present information, written and verbal, in a clear & logical manner
• Ability to organise, prioritise & delegate
• Understanding of clinical governance & its implications
• Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the day and carry out concurrent activities
• Able to cope in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients & carers
• Able to work well across teams to meet patient and service priorities

Desirable

• Supervision & appraisals of juniors, assistants or students
• IT skills

Other requirements

Essential

• Possession of a clean UK driving licence
• Ability to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
• Able to work as a team member
• Problem-solving

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Poole Hospital

Longfleet Road

Poole

BH15 2JB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

153-SP03576