Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full or part time permanent Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our rotation programme. This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, knowledge and leadership across a range of settings within the acute and community assessment bed setting. This role would be suitable for someone seeking to develop their clinical and leadership skills at a Band 5 level in a wide range of specialities. You will benefit from working in a busy NHS Trust offering rotational experience in the following:community, hand therapy, medicine, respiratory, surgery, acute stroke, orthopaedics and the Early Intervention Team.Some of the rotational teams roster over a seven-day period. Venues for delivering our services include inpatient wards, community within patients homes, bed based settings and clinics.
Main duties of the job
To provide assessments and interventions to patients within the rotational settings. To participate in professional supervision and training for other occupational therapists, students and therapy assistants. To assist the team lead in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the service provided to patients, on a day-to-day basis. To provide additional support in the absence of the team lead and to the wider teams as required. To actively contribute to service improvements to ensure practice is of the highest quality, evidence based and meets the needs of the local population.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description.
Job summary:
To provide an efficient and effective Occupational Therapy service with patients in a variety of acute and community clinical settings.
To manage own caseload, ensuring the maintenance of professional standards as an autonomous, independent practitioner.
To regularly undertake Continuous Professional Development as part of the registration requirements and to ensure practice is evidenced based
To actively contribute to the development of the teams and service as part of the acute, community, and wider alliance initiatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description.
Job summary:
To provide an efficient and effective Occupational Therapy service with patients in a variety of acute and community clinical settings.
To manage own caseload, ensuring the maintenance of professional standards as an autonomous, independent practitioner.
To regularly undertake Continuous Professional Development as part of the registration requirements and to ensure practice is evidenced based
To actively contribute to the development of the teams and service as part of the acute, community, and wider alliance initiatives.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (BSc/Msc/Diploma)
- Current or working towards HCPC
Desirable
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to undertake Manual Handling tasks
- Good knowledge of occupational therapy
- Excellent time and workload management skills
- Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and problem solve
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to recognise and work within limits of the role
- Ability to work to a high standard, with accuracy within a busy environment
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Knowledge and use of coping skills to deal with stressful situations
Other Requirements
Essential
- Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving license and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Documented evidence of Clinical Professional Development, demonstrating transferrable skills
- Relevant clinical experience
- Experience of working in a health, mental health, or a social care environment
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy (BSc/Msc/Diploma)
- Current or working towards HCPC
Desirable
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to undertake Manual Handling tasks
- Good knowledge of occupational therapy
- Excellent time and workload management skills
- Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and problem solve
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to recognise and work within limits of the role
- Ability to work to a high standard, with accuracy within a busy environment
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Knowledge and use of coping skills to deal with stressful situations
Other Requirements
Essential
- Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving license and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Documented evidence of Clinical Professional Development, demonstrating transferrable skills
- Relevant clinical experience
- Experience of working in a health, mental health, or a social care environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
