Senior Occupational Therapist

We are excited to advertise this Senior Occupational therapist position within the Comprehensive Assessment Service for Older People (CASOP). This occupational therapy post will be responsible for assessment and treatment of patients presenting to this Outpatient Service. The successful applicant will have experience in an NHS healthcare setting and have experience of supervising and training staff.The Trust provides clinical placements for students from so experience of clinical supervision of under-graduate students is essential. Our service provides a Consultant led multi-disciplinary comprehensive assessment for older adults who are mild to moderately frail and have had a fall or are at risk of falling. The role will be based within the Specialist Rehabilitation Centre of our Florence Nightingale Community Hospital (FNCH) site., The post holder will work closely with the Multidisciplinary Team to deliver the highest quality of service and reduce the risks associated with Falls and Frailty. This will be in format of supporting our initial MDT comprehensive assessment and occupational therapy follow up sessions generated from clinic. The post holder will need to manage their individual caseload and interface with other service providers in house and within the community. The post holder will be required to provide managerial support and development to the more junior staff within the team.A staff appraisal system is in operation and staff are supported with excellent professional development opportunities.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.