Job summary
We
have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Occupational Therapist to join
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be based within
Inpatient Therapies Frailty and the Emergency Department at Watford General
Hospital, where you will plan, coordinate, and evaluate the Occupational
Therapy service on a day-to-day basis. You will manage a complex clinical
caseload while participating in the seven-day inpatient therapy rota, ensuring
continuity and quality of care across the service.
Main duties of the job
As
an Advanced Occupational Therapist, you will provide expert leadership in
patient management, applying specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning to
deliver targeted therapeutic interventions. You will lead and contribute to
audit, service evaluation, and research projects, translating evidence into
practice, implementing improvements, and supporting the development of updated
protocols and pathways. Your role will also involve supervising Band 6
Occupational Therapists, junior staff, and students, promote professional
development, and enhance overall service performance.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
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To be professionally accountable for your own practice, ensuring all
actions meet legal, ethical, and Trust standards.
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To prioritise and organise your workload efficiently, balancing patient
needs, service demands, and operational responsibilities.
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To provide specialist guidance, advice, and training to colleagues,
students, and support staff, enhancing their knowledge and practice within the
clinical setting.
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To monitor and evaluate service resources, including equipment, patient
aids, and therapeutic tools, ensuring their safe and effective use.
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To lead and participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical
audits, and outcome evaluations, contributing to service development and
enhanced patient care.
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To manage communication effectively with patients, families, carers, and
the wider MDT, addressing complex issues, ensuring informed consent, and
supporting patient understanding and engagement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
To be professionally accountable for your own practice, ensuring all
actions meet legal, ethical, and Trust standards.
-
To prioritise and organise your workload efficiently, balancing patient
needs, service demands, and operational responsibilities.
-
To provide specialist guidance, advice, and training to colleagues,
students, and support staff, enhancing their knowledge and practice within the
clinical setting.
-
To monitor and evaluate service resources, including equipment, patient
aids, and therapeutic tools, ensuring their safe and effective use.
-
To lead and participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical
audits, and outcome evaluations, contributing to service development and
enhanced patient care.
-
To manage communication effectively with patients, families, carers, and
the wider MDT, addressing complex issues, ensuring informed consent, and
supporting patient understanding and engagement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC-registered OT with degree/equivalent
- 4+ years acute NHS experience (frailty, ED, orthopaedics, elderly)
- Advanced clinical skills with CPD evidence
- Able to assess complex patients and lead service improvements
- Desirable: Car driver; postgraduate qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC-registered OT with degree/equivalent
- 4+ years acute NHS experience (frailty, ED, orthopaedics, elderly)
- Advanced clinical skills with CPD evidence
- Able to assess complex patients and lead service improvements
- Desirable: Car driver; postgraduate qualification
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
