Senior Occupational Therapist – Rheumatology

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Full time
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior OT to join our dynamic and supportive Rheumatology Occupational Therapy Team.

The post will involve working as an integral member of a well-established and highly regarded multidisciplinary team, contributing to service developments at New Cross and CCH. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Senior Occupational Therapist to join this team.

This post will offer an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience working in a well-established team specializing in the management of Rheumatological conditions.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist occupational therapy assessment diagnosis and treatment of patients. To maintain close working relationships with other health professionals including the nursing and consultant teams to ensure efficient, effective and appropriate delivery of the service. To supervise and educate student occupational therapists to a graduate standard, working with the Universities to ensure standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as

Good

by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards including The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy or the Trust website.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

BSc/MSc Occupational Therapy

Experience

Essential

NHS Experience at Band 5 level (in a physical setting) Experience in managing Rheumatological conditions

Desirable

Experience in making custom hand splints Licensed to drive car in the UK and access to own vehicle

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP

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