Senior Occupational Therapist

Oxfordshire Stroke Rahabilitation Unit at Abingdon Community Hospital is delighted to offer the opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) within our service. If you are passionate about working in an adult inpatient physical rehabilitation setting, and award winning team, where our goal is to enhance our patient's quality of life and health and facilitate their safe discharge from hospital, then we are the team for you.

We would love to hear from any experienced Occupational Therapists who have the compassion, skills and knowledge to help us assess our patient's and deliver person centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve health and well being and return to independence.

We're a supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community hospital multi-disciplinary team. You will receive quality individual, safeguarding and reflective practice supervision.

We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service.

This role would suit someone who is experienced in conducting specific physical and cognitive/functional assessments and delivering interventions to support rehabilitation. The post holder should be able to communicate this effectively within the MDT and family but also externally to key organisations such as social care and specialist services. You will also have responsibility for prescribing equipment and assessing home environments as appropriate. You will also be expected to represent and lead the service at family meetings, and be aware of the protocols and procedures in place to ensure clinical governance and adherence to standards.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Clinical Care Responsibilities may include:

Delivery of a safe and effective rehabilitative patient care and discharge, working in partnership with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team within the community and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole system delegating duties as appropriate.

Participate in the hands on delivery of patient care.

Work flexibly across localities and occasional weekends to ensure the requirements of the service contract are met.

Work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to prioritise, assess, plan and implement patient specific OT programmes of care/rehabilitation, analysing patient needs and making judgements about best practice contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.

Undertake assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence based practice and professional expertise. Determine appropriate care plans utilising expert treatment skills and options

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the "supporting statement" element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.