Occupational Therapist
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, The Park, City of Nottingham
Occupational Therapist
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, The Park, City of Nottingham
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 days ago, 19 Dec | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 33f954bfb64449329b2707ff620dcb3b
Full Job Description
The role of the Occupational Therapist is:
- To hold a patient caseload to facilitate effective rehabilitation and timely discharges of potentially complex patients with support of the Senior therapists.
- To manage your caseload effectively and to contribute to the MDT management of the patients.
- To delegate appropriate caseloads to Assistant Practitioners and tasks to support staff.
- To provide support and clinical supervision to support staff.
- To take Occupational Therapy students once relevant training has been completed.
- To take a lead on a delegate Link Role such as Falls Management, Tissue Viability or Palliative care. This will involve attending training sessions and feeding back to the team as needed.
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons. We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health. We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity. The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team. The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment