Band 7 - Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Occupational Therapy

Are you enthusiastic and passionate about working with people in a fast-paced, acute care setting? Are you confident in your clinical skills, complex cases & discharge planning?, You will clinically manage a caseload, completing detailed assessment & treatments in Orthopaedic and Surgical specialities. The clinical areas include:

• Trauma & Orthopaedics - working with the MDT to facilitate an 'enablement approach' to rehabilitation and supported discharge of trauma orthopaedic patients. This can include # NOF patients, head injuries and spinal cord injuries.
• Surgical - working across surgical wards in the acute hospital to provide assessment and intervention to patients following acute surgery, including new amputees.
• Elective enhanced recovery care - providing OT support to the new Herts and West Essex Surgical Centre due to open in Spring 2025. This service is based at St Albans City Hospital, but it is envisioned that most of the input will be provided virtually from the Watford site to aid in pre-assessment of elective care patients. There may be occasions where travel to St Albans might be necessary for meetings.
Discharge planning skills are key to this post, and you will need to be able to make timely decisions regarding transfer to community services and managing referrals to specialist units. You will be supported with your personal development by the Therapy Team Leads and we will have opportunities for peer-led learning and training.

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others. At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.

We are welcoming applications to our Band 7 post in the Orthopaedics and Surgery team for a fixed term contract of 12 months. The working hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and forms part of a 7-day working rota, including a weekend shift approximately once every six weeks. Rest days will be allocated in the week following.