Are you an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about providing high quality patient care?

Are you newly qualified or looking to extend your experience?

If the answer is yes, then you are the person we are looking for to come & join the over 70 members of staff currently working within the Occupational Therapy Service at NNUH who share your passion.

Due to career progression, we are looking for an enthusiastic & motivated Occupational Therapist to join our established Respiratory team and help us ensure that we meet the Trust's vision to provide the best care for every patient.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with specialist experience within Respiratory Medicine to join our well established Respiratory/Cardiology/Oncology team ('Ologies' team). The post is for 22.5 hours per week.

The post will be based on the acute respiratory ward working our alongside both OT and MDT colleagues to implement and develop the role of Respiratory clinical specialist and providing specialist knowledge and education to our Respiratory patients.

If you would like to find out more about this or other opportunities within the Occupational Therapy service then please get in touch - contact Emma Dix, Occupational Therapy Service Lead on 01603 646073, emma.dix2@nnuh.nhs.uk.

Interview date: 08 October 2024.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist who is a dynamic, forward looking individual who would love the challenge of helping us implement clinical and strategic developments that will help us deliver what is most important to us - the highest quality patient care. Supporting service redesign will also be part of the role.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills who will be able to demonstrate sound experience of working in a clinical occupational therapy role, ideally with respiratory patients, either in an acute or community setting. Although we are looking for someone with strong experience of working in a clinical occupational therapy role within Respiratory medicine, we are happy to consider both those already working in this area and those looking to broaden their clinical repertoire from a related or relevant alternative field.

Our busy and evolving world class teaching hospital is the 6th largest Trust in the UK, we have state of the art facilities for modern patient care of nearly a million patients each year and our passion for research and development is supported by our close links to the Norwich Research Park and University of East Anglia where our future Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists & of course Occupational Therapists are trained.

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N& N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role you will have:

• exposure to and the opportunity to learn to manage a diverse caseload across various specialisms, with support and training to develop and prepare for moving into more specialist senior roles
• access to regular and culturally embedded supervision with more experienced members of the therapy team, as well as very close working and learning links with the MDT and other professionals within and without the Trust
• the opportunity to work across both inpatient and outpatient areas and outreaching into the community as part of a wide and varied rotation.

As post holder, you will:

• be responsible for assessing and treating your own designated caseload of patients and maintaining their records as an autonomous practitioner
• carry out day to day informal supervision of unregistered colleagues
• assess risks relating to the discharge process to ensure a safe and timely discharge of patients to the most appropriate setting
• provide advice and information to patients/ carers including instruction and training regarding use of equipment issued

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (UK)

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-qualification experience including significant experience at senior level in areas relevant to the clinical specialty.

Skills

Essential

• Proven clinical skills in relevant specialist areas
• Ability to supervise and delegate to other staff e.g. Assistants, Assistant Practitioners, Occupational Therapists
• Competent IT skills (Word, Email)

Attitude, aptitude

Essential

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Colney Lane

Norwich

NR4 7UY

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

234-24-CS1625