Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Want to progress in your career whilst still building on your experience in a range of clinical areas? Looking to develop your managerial skills in a positive and supportive team? We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join us as Band 6 Occupational Therapists across Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We are excited to be able to expand our current rotations and as a result, recruit to our Band 6 Occupational Therapist posts across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [HHFT]. This is a 9 monthly rotational post, with a diverse range of clinical areas to work within. There are opportunities to rotate across our Winchester (RHCH), Basingstoke (BNHH) and Andover (AWMH) sites on a variety of rotations and specialities throughout the patient pathway. These settings include: Coronary Care, Oncology & Gynaecology - BNHH Surgery - RHCH & BNHH Long Term Conditions and Elderly Care - RHCH & BNHH Inpatient rehabilitation - Kingfisher ward, AWMH NEW Therapy Supported Discharge outreach team - RHCH If you have excellent communication skills, are passionate about providing outstanding patient care, have experience within the acute setting and are looking to further your career in a supportive and friendly environment, then please do get in touch as we would love to hear from you. Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a broad range of relevant clinical experience and able to demonstrate a real passion for the inpatient acute hospital setting, acute rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning from a therapy perspective. You will work as part of the acute therapy team within a multidisciplinary team consisting of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. You will be promoting patient independence with the focus on providing early acute inpatient rehabilitation, assessing patients' current needs, ongoing acute therapy interventions and discharge planning. Your therapy assessments will inform appropriate discharge planning from the hospital setting, according to the patients' holistic needs. As a Band 6 at HHFT you can expect to receive robust peer support from fellow Band 6's and regular formal supervision and clinical supervision by a Band 7 therapist. You will have opportunities to lead on service improvement projects, to supervise therapy colleagues and to provide clinical support and guidance to Band 5 occupational therapists, physiotherapists, Band 4 therapy practitioners, Band 3 therapy assistants and therapy students from our partner universities. We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications. Job responsibilities
Assess and treat a variety of conditions across all rotations, whilst working as part of a wider therapy team to promote and develop evidence-based care and practice. The successful applicant will be expected to hold a manual driving licence or have access to their own car with business insurance, unless medically exempt. The therapy team have a therapy (manual) car to enable community access visits to be completed if needed, to facilitate hospital discharge. The acute therapy team covers a 7-day service from 8.30am - 4.30pm, including bank holidays. A commitment to working 50% of the bank holidays and working weekends (usually approximately one weekend per month), as part of the OT weekend rota is essential. We welcome informal visits to meet the therapy team. We are happy to consider flexible working; all requests for part-time and flexible working will be considered. Person Specification
HCPC registration Experience in a similar setting Degree in Occupational Therapy (Min BSc) Full UK manual driving licence This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Salary and Contract
£37,338 to £44,962 per annum pro rata Permanent Full-time Job locations
Winchester SO22 5DG and Basingstoke RG24 9NA
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Want to progress in your career whilst still building on your experience in a range of clinical areas? Looking to develop your managerial skills in a positive and supportive team? We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join us as Band 6 Occupational Therapists across Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We are excited to be able to expand our current rotations and as a result, recruit to our Band 6 Occupational Therapist posts across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [HHFT]. This is a 9 monthly rotational post, with a diverse range of clinical areas to work within. There are opportunities to rotate across our Winchester (RHCH), Basingstoke (BNHH) and Andover (AWMH) sites on a variety of rotations and specialities throughout the patient pathway. These settings include: Coronary Care, Oncology & Gynaecology - BNHH Surgery - RHCH & BNHH Long Term Conditions and Elderly Care - RHCH & BNHH Inpatient rehabilitation - Kingfisher ward, AWMH NEW Therapy Supported Discharge outreach team - RHCH If you have excellent communication skills, are passionate about providing outstanding patient care, have experience within the acute setting and are looking to further your career in a supportive and friendly environment, then please do get in touch as we would love to hear from you. Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a broad range of relevant clinical experience and able to demonstrate a real passion for the inpatient acute hospital setting, acute rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning from a therapy perspective. You will work as part of the acute therapy team within a multidisciplinary team consisting of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Practitioners and Therapy Assistants. You will be promoting patient independence with the focus on providing early acute inpatient rehabilitation, assessing patients' current needs, ongoing acute therapy interventions and discharge planning. Your therapy assessments will inform appropriate discharge planning from the hospital setting, according to the patients' holistic needs. As a Band 6 at HHFT you can expect to receive robust peer support from fellow Band 6's and regular formal supervision and clinical supervision by a Band 7 therapist. You will have opportunities to lead on service improvement projects, to supervise therapy colleagues and to provide clinical support and guidance to Band 5 occupational therapists, physiotherapists, Band 4 therapy practitioners, Band 3 therapy assistants and therapy students from our partner universities. We reserve the right to close the job early if we receive a high number of applications. Job responsibilities
Assess and treat a variety of conditions across all rotations, whilst working as part of a wider therapy team to promote and develop evidence-based care and practice. The successful applicant will be expected to hold a manual driving licence or have access to their own car with business insurance, unless medically exempt. The therapy team have a therapy (manual) car to enable community access visits to be completed if needed, to facilitate hospital discharge. The acute therapy team covers a 7-day service from 8.30am - 4.30pm, including bank holidays. A commitment to working 50% of the bank holidays and working weekends (usually approximately one weekend per month), as part of the OT weekend rota is essential. We welcome informal visits to meet the therapy team. We are happy to consider flexible working; all requests for part-time and flexible working will be considered. Person Specification
HCPC registration Experience in a similar setting Degree in Occupational Therapy (Min BSc) Full UK manual driving licence This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Salary and Contract
£37,338 to £44,962 per annum pro rata Permanent Full-time Job locations
Winchester SO22 5DG and Basingstoke RG24 9NA
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