Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Medical Specialties
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Job summary
Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust are actively seeking a highly motivated individual to join our innovative Medical Specialties & Oncology Acute Therapy Team in a Band 7 position. We are looking for an individual who has a passion for acute medicine, enjoys working in a fast-paced acute healthcare environment and can demonstrate advanced communication & strong leadership skills.
Specialties covered include gastroenterology, renal, endocrine & oncology with a focus on early intervention and discharge planning to support high quality care; we are therefore seeking somebody who can demonstrate rapid and robust decision making skills.
A big part of the role will be supporting innovation within our team & encouraging junior staff to develop. You will be supported by your Band 7 peers & Clinical Lead Therapist to deliver service improvement. If you have the experience outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services whilst being valued and supported then apply today.
Main duties of the job
To perform a highly advanced holistic Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions within the acute medical specialties, in order to develop and deliver a highly specialised treatment plan.
To hold responsibility for your own caseload and to assist and monitor the caseload of your team.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner working without direct supervision: supervision is largely self-driven through seeking advice from Clinical Leads and relevant peers.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Details
Date posted
06 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year Per Annum Inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
162-6888-AV
Job locations
Queen's Hospital
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Romford
RM7 0AG
Employer's website
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