Occupational therapist

Due to expansion of the team and internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity in the Directorate of Rehabilitation and Therapies. This offers the opportunity for a Band 5 occupational therapist to join our dynamic team at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex and to develop them further clinically, supervising assistants, students and contributing to key departmental projects., The successful OT' will join the OT and multidisciplinary team in working with patients (and their families) with a variety of cardio-thoracic conditions including the transplant unit. The post holder will be assessing, providing interventions and managing discharge of a variety of cardiac and thoracic patients as part of a close MDT. This is a great opportunity to gain some experience in a specialist field but utilising all the core OT assessment and intervention skills including post-surgical assessment, functional assessment skills, group work (jointly with the arts team), palliative care interventions and discharge planning skills, with the opportunity to observe and gain experience with interventions in neuro and critical care.

On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us - so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.