Specialist Rotational Occupational Therapist

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Occupational Therapy Team in one of the UK's largest Foundation Trusts. UCLH has an international reputation for innovation, high-quality care and excellent research. To hear more about working for the Therapies and Rehabilitation department at UCLH, please see our YouTube video: https://youtu.be/x2590DuUnLI We are looking for innovative, dynamic Occupational Therapists wishing to join our forward-thinking team. The successful applicant will demonstrate strong communication skills combined with a creative, holistic and problem solving approach. You must be a team player with significant acute and NHS experience. This role will provide you with an excellent opportunity to consolidate your knowledge and gain new clinical and leadership skills within a friendly, supportive environment. We have a strong commitment to staff development and service improvement which all staff are expected to engage in. We are delighted to have expanded our rotation program, notably the addition of a rotation in the Paediatric Proton Beam Therapy service. UCLH is the second centre in the UK to provide this service. The rotations available include:

• Emergency Medicine
• Stroke (at NHNN)
• Respiratory medicine
• Infectious diseases
• Internal Medicine
• Elderly Medicine
• Oncology
• Haematology
• General Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery: Elective and Trauma
• Teenage Cancer Unit.
• Paediatric Proton Beam Therapy, This post participates in an 8-9month rotation scheme.
• All rotations are supported by a Team Lead Occupational Therapist and/or Clinical Lead.
• To perform advanced OT assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, psychological and emotional conditions.
• To provide a diagnosis, develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme in discussion with the patient and according to assessment findings.
• To provide experienced advice, guidance and information to patients, carers and other professionals.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, including taking responsibility for caseload management in a defined area of the service and seeking support where necessary from senior staff.
• To engage with the MDT in a defined area and represent therapies as required
• To participate in the rotational programme.
• To be an integral member of a team assuming delegated responsibilities for supervision, assessment and education of students, Band 5's and assistantmembers of staff.
• To undertake rotational projects to develop and enhance personal, team and departmental clinical practice.
• To participate in 7-day services rota where appropriate.
  
  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.