Senior Occupational Therapist

At Carlton Court, our Older Persons inpatient ward: Laurel Ward is looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our MDT and support patients in their recovery from their acute distress. At Laurel Ward, we value the knowledge and expertise of OT colleagues in the assessment and treatment of patients with organic illness and recognise the pivotal role that they play in supporting safe discharges from our wards. The Occupational Therapist will work closely with the MDT including Physiotherapy and the Nursing team. The Senior Occupational Therapist will sit under the ward management for supervision whilst obtaining clinical supervision from an OT in the wider workforce. Each Locality in NSFT now also have an AHP lead and Principal AHP lead for additional support and development of the services.,

• To oversee and deliver high quality evidence-based practice and embed the Occupational Therapy process within the clinical area.
• Undertake occupation focused assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of interventions for service users.
• To support in the assessment and discharge planning of patients. This includes equipment provision within the community setting.
• Contribute to and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment and formulation. Providing specialist occupation-based advice and formulation.
• Be a practice educator for students.
• Participate/lead on developments within the service by using outcome measures and engaging in Quality Improvement projects (both locally and Trust wide).
• The post holder would need to have the ability to travel to all parts of the county/or region including those areas/ times of day when public transport may not be available.
• Provide supervision and leadership to band 5 Occupational Therapists and/or junior therapy staff as required, identifying any learning and development needs in respect of their clinical skills base.
• Participate in Trust wide projects covering OT specific project and improvement work.
  
  Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about. Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.