A rotational occupational therapy post at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, moving between orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, older people's services and the emergency therapy team. The role centres on independent assessment and treatment, individual and group education, and supplying assistive devices, equipment and minor home adaptations. It is delivered across hospital wards, outpatients and patients' homes, with specialties ranging from respiratory and critical care to hand therapy. Fit depends on an occupational therapy degree and HCPC registration.
What the job involves
- Assess and treat patients independently across a wide range of needs
- Deliver individual and group education and treatment sessions
- Provide assistive devices, orthotics, prosthetics and equipment
- Arrange minor home adaptations
- Work across hospital wards, outpatient departments and patients' homes
- Rotate through orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, older people's services and the emergency therapy team
- Work in respiratory and critical care, acute admissions, neurosciences and stroke, trauma and orthopaedics, cancer services and hand therapy
What’s required
Qualifications
- Completed degree in occupational therapy
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration
Experience
- Completed varied clinical placements
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of a broad range of clinical conditions
- Knowledge of occupational therapy in the acute setting
- Ability to prioritise, organise and delegate
- Ability to communicate clearly, orally and in writing, with patients and carers who may struggle to understand
- Ability to work at a fast pace with emotional or aggressive patients and carers in varied settings
Other
- Motivated and passionate about the occupational therapy profession
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Reliable work record
- Understanding of the legal and ethical responsibilities of the profession
- Capacity for moderate to intense physical effort and managing competing demands and interruptions
Nice to have
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary and/or occupational therapy team
- Experience working in diverse communities and/or social care and health settings
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to assess and educate clients and carers about safe transfer techniques, including equipment and adaptations
- Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Commitment to RCOT and HCPC guidelines, code of ethics and professional conduct
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and its application in clinical practice
What’s offered
- Development opportunities across several specialties
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
