Senior Occupational Therapist - Medicine

We are looking for either a Band 5 Occupational Therapist wishing to take their next steps on the career ladder or an existing Band 6 looking for a new challenge to join our forward-thinking Occupational Therapy Team, who are passionate about the evolving role of an OT in an acute hospital setting.
You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of patients who will present with many complex needs throughout their acute hospital stay.
Within the Team you will work alongside an existing integrated multi-disciplinary team, using a fusion-skilled hybrid approach, focusing on high quality care, promoting comprehensive assessments, and supporting hospital teams in appropriate admission avoidances over a seven-day service. A willingness to work flexibly and to undertake tasks traditionally allocated to specific disciplines are all requirements of the role.
As a Band 6 therapist you will be supporting and developing rotational Band 5 therapists. The role also involves supervising therapy support staff and educating therapy students on placement.
There will be opportunities for innovation and an expectation that you will be actively involved in relevant quality improvement projects.
Our friendly Service offers support through regular supervision, appraisal, training and development opportunities.
This role is open to candidates both looking for either a full time or part time role - for further information please get in touch., The Occupational Therapist will be based within the medicine team, working within the multidisciplinary team, responding to referrals generated by the ward or by the Occupational Therapist screening the wards that the medicine team is responsible for.
The Occupational Therapist will carry out skilled work in respect of the assessment and treatment of patients with complex and / or chronic conditions, provide specialist skills which enable patients to explore, achieve and maximise their independence and maintain quality of life in the activities of daily living - areas of personal care, domestic, leisure and productive activities.
Work independently and be responsible for own individual caseload.
The Occupational Therapist will liaise closely with the senior Occupational Therapist from the wider Occupational Therapy team (and receive supervision in complex cases). The Occupational Therapist will also liaise with other professional groups within the Trust and with external agencies as necessary.
The Occupational Therapist will assist in ensuring that the service meets that demands of providing a 7 day service.
Closing date of applications: 8 October 2024
Interview date: 22 October 2024
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

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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.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it's important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
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Here's more about the role and what we're looking for, Working for our organisation
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., At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.
For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working - working partly in the trust/partly at home.
Why don't you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what's possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.
We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.
Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
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