Senior Occupational Therapist / Senior Physiotherapist - ED Team

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Band 6 therapist to work in our Therapy Admission Avoidance Frailty service at Royal Derby Hospital to cover a 9 month secondment period. This service is part of a key multidisciplinary Frail Elderly Assessment team for the Trust that covers the Emergency Department, Medical Assessment Unit and Acute Short Stay wards.

You will be part of a team fundamental in preventing admission, facilitating safe discharge or transfer and undertaking comprehensive geriatric assessment.

You will work closely with Team Leads to provide clinical leadership and staff development to the dual professional team and adopt generic working principles. The post is open to either Occupational Therapists or Physiotherapists.

Main duties of the job

To provide advanced therapy assessment and treatment to patients on the medical Assessment Unit, Emergency Department and short stay wards.

To supervise and teach junior therapists, students and assistants working within the speciality, delegate work load and provide the necessary support

To work alongside the Team Leaders to develop, lead and evaluate the MAU/A&E therapy Service to meet trust organisational targets and standards.

To be an integral member of the ED Therapy team, providing clinical and managerial support within the team.

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.
  
  £37,338 to £44,962 a year Enhancements payable for weekend and bank holiday hours