Rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapist

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist who is passionate about improving the lives of people, flexible, hardworking and innovative, to join our friendly therapy team as part of our rotation programme. This position would suit someone due to qualify, recently qualified or already in a post but looking for a new challenge.
Our values are: promoting independence through function and a truly home-first approach. We pride ourselves in consistently avoiding unnecessary admissions, supporting patients back to their own home as soon as possible and supporting patients to remain in their own homes engaging in what is meaningful to them. Our rotations will provide the opportunity to work in both inpatient and community settings.
If successful, you will be part of our established, integrated therapy service, working across all aspects of acute and community care. Delivery of a high quality service and development of our staff is a high priority. We have an established education programme and strong peer support throughout the Trust., Rotations are for 6 months and our current rotations:
+ Intermediate care
+ Community rehabilitation and admission avoidance
+ Acute medicine
+ Rapid response therapy services in A&E, AMU and frail elderly.
+ Trauma & Orthopaedics
+ MacMillan Therapy Services
+ Stroke and Neurology
It is essential that applicants are a car driver and have access to a car on a daily basis for some rotations.
Opportunities in this role:
+ Completing assessments and treatment plans for patients with a variety of health conditions and backgrounds.
+ Completing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments.
+ To work in an integrated Therapy service that will further develop your skills and knowledge.
+ Promoting discharge to assess by adopting a 'home first' mindset, and supporting the roll out of the 'discharge to assess' pathway
+ Champion the role of Occupational Therapy within the department, trust and local area.
+ Opportunity to be involved in supervision of students and develop own skills to become a practice educator.
+ Access to training, supervision, competency frameworks and professional development groups.
Support through Peer group meetings and robust supervision structures.

+ A passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist
+ Someone keen to explore opportunities to for ongoing development within a rotation programme
+ An excellent communicator, who can problem solve and demonstrate sound clinical knowledge in all core areas.
We will consider part-time working or job share options. We also welcome applications from third year students who have not yet completed their studies.

NHS AfC: Band 5
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As "People" is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department., Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.