B7 Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Are you an OT who wants to do something different within an acute trust?

HHFT is expanding its services to include a Therapy Early Discharge Service, working with a Therapy Virtual Ward.

We are looking for the right specialist OT with the energy and drive to be part of this.

You would be part of our excellent team of clinical specialist therapists and as such would receive high quality peer support and strong professional leadership.

This is a great chance to work in a forward-thinking, patient-focussed service and to be part of the exciting opportunities that this offers.

For more information, please see below.

Main duties of the job

Work clinically to facilitate discharges, be involved in the establishment of the newly created Therapy Early Discharge Service and support the wider acute therapy team.

To work alongside the existing B7 team to provide support to the Acute Therapy Team Lead in the day to day management of the team.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.