Occupational Therapist - Rehabilitation and Recovery Unit
Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Occupational Therapist - Rehabilitation and Recovery Unit
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Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 26 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 3c4871e81e5e4ca594cf6afb53f31afe
Full Job Description
- You will be patient focussed and have the ability to carry out comprehensive assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
- To provide holistic and person-centred care and support community patients in a subacute setting.
- Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient's physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
- To complete Occupational Therapy assessments of patients with diverse presentations, with complex physical and psychological diagnoses, to inform treatment planning based around agreed and realistic goals.
As a registered Occupational Therapist you will be experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
Within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Integrated Integrated Care System, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (SCHT) are committed to integrating to provide improved seamless pathways of care for patients. This is an exciting time to join SCHT as we work in partnership with SaTH - our Acute Partners. This is your opportunity to join us and be part of the next step in this journey with the introduction of our community Rehabilitation and Recovery Units. You will be working for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust working cross-site at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the care of patients enabling them to step down to their normal place of residence faster, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff. Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.