Senior Occupational Therapist- Community Hospital

A fixed term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 9 months has arisen to join our inpatient therapy team at Cirencester Community Hospital. The post is ward based, providing Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to inpatients. We are looking for a person who is passionate about supporting people to regain their independence following a period of illness or injury.

The post holder is expected to have day-to-day operational and supervisory responsibility for more junior staff and rehabilitation assistants, providing leadership, clinical support and training as appropriate. There are plenty of opportunities for career progression, innovative project work and promoting excellence in person-centred care.

• Assess, formulate, evaluate and monitor specialised rehabilitation packages involving complex decision making within the Community Hospital.
• Negotiate and co-ordinate with team members to deliver specialised rehabilitation programmes to patients on the ward.
• Provide leadership and support to rehabilitation assistants, health care assistants and other staff within the MDT.
• Carry out all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, with access to guidance from specialised clinicians within the Trust.

The Inpatient unit is split across two wards (male and female). The post-holder will predominantly be based on one of the wards but will be expected to support across both wards as caseload requires.

• Experience working in the NHS.
• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• Membership to a relevant professional body e.g. RCOT.

• Solid experience as an Occupational Therapist or relevant experience in the field of rehabilitation.
• Broad range of clinical experience across various clinical areas.
• Evidence of working unsupervised and across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries.
• Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants.
• Ability to fit, assess for and demonstrate a range of standard and specialist equipment.

When joining us, we offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites.
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours.
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities.
• Recognition and long service awards.
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

For more information, please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.