Senior Occupational Therapist

2 days ago

Aylesford, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University Nhs Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary We have an exciting opportunity for a new Rotational Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the team at East Kent Hospitals.
This post will be based at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, and currently offers rotations within the Acute medical wards (including Healthcare of the Older Person), Critical Care and Trauma/Orthopaedics.
with further experience in additional speciality areas becoming available in the future.Our Occupational Therapists work alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to support patients on the acute wards, offering assessment and treatment alongside discharge planning.
Main duties of the job The successful candidate would be expected to:o To manage a clinical caseload of patients, and be responsible for the assessment, formulation and evaluation of patient-centred care.o To be able to facilitate safe discharge planning from hospital to the community.o To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the teamo To be actively involved with training and development within the Department in support of new graduate Occupational therapists, student therapists, therapy apprentices and support workers alongside other senior members of the team.o Promote the role of OT and demonstrate the values to the members of the multi-disciplinary team.
About us We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'.
Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'.
It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day.
We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
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This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Job description Job responsibilities Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification Qualification Essential BSc Occupational Therapist or MSc Occupational Therapy Desirable Member of RCOT Member of RCOT specialist sections or similar Skills Essential Highly developed clinical skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent organisational skills Excellent time management Desirable Evidence of working within acute inpatient settings Competent presentation skills Experience Essential 18 months post graduate experience in relevant care settings Proven record of providing high quality intervention for high risk patients Desirable Experience working within variety of settings Experience managing challenging situations Knowledge Essential Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice.
Knowledge of appropriate clinical pathways Desirable Experience providing complex assessments and discharge planning Experience using appropriate outcome measures linked to the assessment of Medical/HCOOP patients Knowledge of extended role of Occupational Therapy within discharge pathways

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