Senior Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our community in-patient stroke team at Chippenham Community Hospital as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in a collaborative way with patients, families and the multi-disciplinary team to help us develop our service.

You will continue to develop your clinical skills with a varied caseload of patients requiring in patient stroke rehabilitation.

Patients are transferred to our unit from 3 acute trusts and you will work together with them, their families, and the wider MDT to implement individualised rehabilitation programmes to meet patient goals.

There will be opportunities to be involved in service development initiatives and to continue our work embedding the latest evidence into clinical practice., This post will work alongside existing therapy staff to provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to deliver rehabilitation and timely discharges from our 20 bedded stroke ward.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supervision and development of junior staff within the therapy team and some of the day-to-day management of the unit, providing an opportunity to develop managerial skills alongside continued development of clinical skills. Youwill be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible and able to work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills as well as supporting complex discharges.

You will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to bring about innovative service development and commit to putting the patient at the centre of your work.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!