Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapist

JOIN US, and be one of the friendly, supportive & professional 300 Occupational Therapists across The Hillingdon Hospital and Central North West London Trusts. This exciting post bridges both primary and secondary care rotations, which includes a rotation across The Hillingdon Hospital site and Community Paediatric setting. The post holder will gain experience within a wide range of clinical settings, including The Stroke Unit, community paediatrics, neuro rehabilitation, Frailty, Older Adults, Medicine and Surgery, ITU, elective and trauma orthopaedics. Within Hillingdon Hospital, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy services are fully integrated, providing an exciting, friendly and supportive environment in which staff are encouraged to develop their full potential. Personal and professional development is a high priority and underpinned by Trust OTs learning and development strategies and OT clinical networks, which supports life-long learning. Our commitment to research, audit and evidence-based practice is possible thru our strong link with local universities. All settings offer undergraduate clinical placements to students from across London and surrounding areas. We recognise thatband5's bring innovative and dynamism to our clinical teams. To harness this we offer clear opportunities for development of clinical and leadership skills. There will be opportunities to supervise staff, be an educator and have access to both internal and external training.

Hillingdon Borough has the best of both world: jump on a train into Central London in 25 minutes, or spend time in our beautiful countryside in and around Hillingdon. Home to Heathrow airport and Brunel University. With a new hospital on the horizon, an exciting future awaits you! Your role at Hillingdon Hospital will involve assessing patients' functional abilities and providing appropriate interventions within an acute hospital setting to maximise independence and promote the regaining of functional abilities. We offer undergraduate clinical placement, which you will have the opportunity to be involved in, as well as working with support staff. Our Trust has CARES values that are at the heart of everything we do. This helps to create a culture where staff feel valued and engaged. By creating a positive staff experience staff can thrive and are able to deliver the needs of our patients. Continued Professional Development is provided through preceptorship, regular supervision, in-service training, self-facilitated peer support groups and opportunities for personal development training. The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust operates a physical rotation for Band 5 Occupational Therapists. Rotations cover the following specialities:

• Frailty
• Children's Integrated Therapies Service (CITS)
• Acute Medicine & Surgery
• Orthopaedics
• Acute & Rehab of Older Adults
• The Stroke Unit and Neuro rehab, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital. We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.