Senior Occupational Therapist - Ross

Due to one of the team going travelling we have a really exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic, supportive, multi-disciplinary team in picturesque Herefordshire at Ross Community Hospital.
Ross Community Hospital 27.5 hours per week Band 6 Occupational Therapist.
The community hospitals are part of the discharge to assess pathway, with an in-reach / out-reach, rehabilitative approach alongside the MDT.
You will be working alongside therapy assistant practitioners, Physiotherapists, nursing colleagues and the integrated discharge team.
We will consider developmental Band 5 to Band 6 upon application. The service proactively supports and facilitates learning and continuing professional development opportunities., The Occupational Therapy Service in Community Hospitals aims to develop the patient's optimum level of function and independence in the physical, psychological and social aspects of life, facilitating timely, safe and sustainable discharge.
The focus of this role will be to plan and coordinate the safe discharge home for adults with a range of complex needs, liaising with community services to support a discharge to assess philosophy.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.