Occupational Therapy Assistant/ Physiotherapy

6 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Exciting new opportunities within the Trauma Therapies Inpatient Team.

Are you an experienced Band 3 healthcare worker looking to develop your career to band 4 and/or a band 4 healthcare worker, seeking the opportunity to work within our Trauma Therapies multi-disciplinary team?

We have an exciting opportunity to offer 2 full time band 4 roles within the John Radcliffe, Trauma Therapies Team (1 x OTB4 & 1 x PTB4)

Both roles have combined Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and administrative duties, supporting the trauma, plastics and major trauma centre patients across wards in the John Radcliffe hospital, predominantly in the trauma centre.

We offer a robust induction and training package alongside regular training and supervisions for individual personal and professional development as well as excellent provision for team involvement with service quality improvements & projects.
- To work flexibly as a key member of the Trauma Therapy team and the wider trauma multidisciplinary team.
- To assist the Therapy team in rehabilitating patients following trauma/ polytrauma /spinal, plastics & MSK injuries that may require orthopaedic /spinal & plastic surgery to optimise patient recovery and outcomes.
- To support patient centred rehabilitation to facilitate timely, safe discharge, reflecting individual choice and maximising an individual’s independence.
- To accurately record patient information utilising electronic patient records.
- To record and input data onto IT systems as required.
- To maintain rehabilitation equipment in the department / wards.
- To support Band 3 therapy assistants
- To contribute to the trauma therapies team in-service training programmes
- To complete the trusts’ care certificate and trauma therapies competencies for the role.
- To undertake quality improvement projects and developments within the trauma therapies team.
- To comply with trust policies including annual appraisal & monthly supervision sessions.
- To always uphold and promote trust values

The therapies trauma team work within the trauma unit based on the JOhn Radcliffe site; a dedicated unit providing in patient care to patients with a range of orthopaedic traumatic injuries. We also host the Major Trauma CEntre ward for patients with serious orthopaedic traumatic injury.

The team is a mixture of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants who together work to provide excellent rehabilitation and post -operative mobilisation to our patients who range from the young adult to the very old.

We work closely as a multidisciplinary team with our nursing and medical colleagues and have an active programme of education, staff support and research.

If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please take the time to contact us to discuss the roles further and arrange a visit using the contact details in the advert.

With best wishes

Alia Grist / Angela Maset

Clinical Leads for Trauma

For details regarding the main job decription, main tasks and responsibilities if the role, please refer to the job description attachment



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