Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 25 September 2025
Job summary
The Specialist Medicine Therapy team at Royal Derby Hospital are recruiting for a full time, static Band 5 Occupational Therapist post. A desire to learn, develop and progress in a supportive team is essential.
The post holder will be joining an established, vibrant and friendly team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and assistant staff who share an office base and work closely together to provide a consistent and responsive Therapy service to the Acute Medicine and Respiratory wards.
You will gain clinical skills and knowledge working with a variety of patients, which include Renal, Endocrinology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Cardiology, providing Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment, and providing advice and support to other professionals throughout the Trust.
You will be required to carry a caseload independently and effectively delegate to assistant staff as appropriateto ensure priorities across the service are covered. You must also be adaptable, calm and forward thinking.
Main duties of the job
Excellent problem-solving skills are a must, to ensure holistic and patient centred quality care.
Experience in facilitating discharges in a fast-paced acute hospital environment is essential, as is the ability to communicate effectively as part of multi-disciplinary and therapy team. This will involve working closely with other OTs and Physiotherapists to ensure optimum service delivery and delay avoidance.
- Provide a high standard Occupational Therapy service to the acute medicine wards
- Joint working with Physiotherapy
- Formulate individual treatment plans with patients with diverse presentations and complex conditions
- Responsible for own caseload demonstrating prioritisation and delegation skills alongside excellent team working
- Initiation of and involvement in service improvement projects, clinical and team audit
- Effective and timely discharge planning working within an MDT
- Supervise and support assistants
- Supervise and educate students
- Maintain and develop strong communication links with community services
- We offer opportunities to shadow other services to ensure integrated working. We also promote development of areas of special interest such as Renal, Cardiology and Respiratory
Closing date of applications: 25 September 2025
Interview date: 9 October 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Details
Date posted
11 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
320-CDCS-3837
Job locations
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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