Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Are you a B5 looking for progression or a B6 looking for a change in your careers, then look no further. Here is your opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic and ever evolving therapy team at Good Hope Hospital; part of UHB. During this 6 month fixed term contract, you will be working as part of the therapy team and the wider Multidisciplinary Team supporting patients to return home as soon as possible by providing timely and regular therapy interventions maximising their chances of staying at home. You will be an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of occupational therapy treatments. Internal applicants will be given a secondment opportunity for the duration.

In return we offer you the opportunity to developing your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills, supporting your career development with an individual personal development plan; closely linked to our maximising potential framework.

We provide a range of well-being support both as a Trust and as a Therapy Department. You will be working within a friendly supportive environment where we are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff., To provide therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of patients in a variety of wards within the hospital setting. Focusing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases across the Acute Medical wards, applying Occupational Therapy knowledge and the OT process. There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways and supporting patients into the outpatient community setting.

You should possess excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills; and have experience in working in a multidisciplinary team. Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. Furthermore, assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic Therapy Assistants and Junior therapists.

You should be willing to participate in our seven day working rota.

In return you will gain excellent clinical and leadership experience. You will also develop organisational skills and service development experience.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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