Senior Occupational Therapist

You will play a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment, clinical management and discharge planning of patients attending the Emergency Department (ED), as well as the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) and the Older Persons Service (OPS) wards in determining clinical diagnosis, functional deficits, treatment programs, pathway management and discharge planning. You will also be supporting the development of this area of service and shaping how therapy can best help patients in the Emergency Department setting and contributing to hospital flow.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.