Occupational Therapists

Job summary

Occupational Therapy opportunities availableat Yeovil District Hospital!

Why choose to come and work at Somerset Foundation Trust?

At Yeovil we are working in new and innovative ways to ensure our professional identity is valued and our skills are used to enable you to practice your core Occupational Therapy skills no matter the setting. We focus on the person and what that person needs from us as Occupational Therapists in an acute setting. We understand support and developed is key is enabling this to happen and with this in mind we are now working one workforce across the hospital to support the needs of the patients, getting referrals from the wards for patients that need our specialist skills then following them throughout their SFT journey to enable continuity of care. Do you value the core skills of Occupational Therapy but feel your identity has been challenged over the past couple of years?Do you feel passionate about supporting Occupational Therapists take this back? Do you want to build your acute Occupational Therapy skills across the hospital? If YES then we want to hear from you & would value your support and skills within our team!

Main duties of the job

A range of job opportunities available - please note these posts requires a graduate level state-registered Occupational Therapist.

• Band 5 Occupational Therapist - get to experience working in all different areas of the acute hospital and build you skills as a acute OT!
• Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapists - Have a clinical area you are interested in speak to us about this and we can support your development in this area!
• Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Opportunities to build your clinical and leadership skills to support the ongoing professional development of both staff and OT within he acute service!

Please in your personal statement indicate which role you are interested in, please see attached relevant Job description and person specification

About us

Yeovil District Hospital is now part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!