Senior Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity to enhance your career is available - join our integrated team in the Emergency Department (ED) at St Mary's Hospital. Our Therapy department provides opportunity for enthusiastic and highly motivated therapists to expand their skills in admission avoidance, complex discharge planning, and frailty.

We are seeking a dynamic part time therapist who thrives in a fast paced environment where no two days are the same. You will have the opportunity to assess and treat a wide range of patient cohorts; frailty, falls, dementia, delirium, musculoskeletal injuries, neurological conditions and other long term conditions which present to the Emergency Department.

Our team consists of occupational therapists and physiotherapists; we are an interdisciplinary team encouraging skill sharing to empower therapists to be holistic and autonomous practitioners whilst also appreciating profession specific competencies. We are an admission avoidance focused service, however also appreciate the importance of early therapy intervention for those requiring hospital admission. This is a role which sees a high quality.

As a team we champion Quality Improvement and you will have opportunities to be involved in Quality Improvement initiatives as well as multidisciplinary team education as part of this forward thinking clinical team. We embed the ethos of the campaign -

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to be able to work in collaboration with the wider front door team who cover on the acute medical units. You will also be working in partnership with the Acute Frailty Team who provide specialised input for patients living with frailty syndromes who present to acute and emergency care.

Our service operates from 8am-6pm Monday to Friday with varied shift patterns. The successful candidate will be required to work 18 hours per week. You will also be a part of the weekend service in ED and the acute medical units, prioritising patients medically optimised for discharge where you will then be allocated rest days.

We are an improvement and education focused team and value the career progression and clinical development of our team. You will have access to a robust in-service training programme, clinical supervision and wider training and learning opportunities.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.