Rotational Senior Occupational Therapist

2 months ago


Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Are you a people person? Are you motivated, enthusiastic and an excellent communicator? If yes, then this may be an ideal opportunity for you to join our friendly and supportive Occupational Therapy team.

An exciting Band 6 role has arisen within Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join a new rotation. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and to gain specialist clinical skills, support and supervise others and participate in service development.

Main duties of the job

The rotations will be 9 months and include:

Stroke Neuro Rehab Trauma and Orthopaedics Medical & Surgical Elderly Care

You will need to be able to work in a fast paced and busy environment, have excellent communication skills and have experience of an acute hospital setting.

We strive to provide a friendly and supportive working environment and offer access to in-house training opportunities and external training. We are committed to supporting the education of Occupational Therapy students.

About us

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - (

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Degree in Occupational therapy HCPC Registration

Desirable

Member of Professional Body Member of special interest group Post-graduate training in relevant short courses

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience in a physical setting Evidence of personal and professional development Experience in working as part of an MDT Experience of leading and influencing others, including OT colleagues Experience in leading and contributing to Audit Experience in service improvement An understanding of common medical, and surgical conditions, care of the elderly, neurology, trauma and orthopaedics Application of OT theory in the treatment of medical, surgical, orthopaedics, neurology, care of the elderly conditions in an inpatient setting

Desirable

Experience of acute in patient treatment Supervision of junior staff and students

Skills

Essential

Experience and commitment to multi-disciplinary working Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Desirable

Understanding of quality issues Computer literate

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