Occupational Therapist

Are you a passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist looking for a flexible opportunity to top up your current hours or try something new, in a new environment? Make a difference at our new health care setting, Spinneyfields in Rushden where you will play a vital role in supporting our patients who have been transferred from the main hospital ready for rehabilitation. At Spinneyfields, we offer flexible working hours on our bank to suit your current lifestyle as we know work / life balance is important. You will also enjoy the convenience of on-site parking, making your commute stress free. You will be working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary colleagues across the fast-paced environments of ED, through to acute medical and Trauma/Orthopaedic wards. We offer varied and specialist clinical environments for you to learn, grow and develop as a strong Occupational Therapist. We also offer the opportunity to gain clinical development in a variety of other hospital areas:

• Accident and emergency, urgent care wards
• Acute medicine
• Orthopaedics - trauma, day case, elective
• Respiratory wards
• Spinneyfields Step-Down Unit, To perform Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations
• To provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
• To plan and prioritise own patient caseload, working with direct support of a senior member of staff- Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions and peer review.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• Assist in audit and/or research projects to further own and team's clinical practicewithin each rotation.
• To provide high quality, evidence-based care across the seven-day service as the service requires.
  
  Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.Our Excellence Values:
• Compassion
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courageous
• Accountable