MFT Wythenshawe Hospital are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our growing team. This is an ideal opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with extensive post-graduate experience who is looking to expand their clinical and non-clinical skills and knowledge.
The post will offer rotations through a number of our speciality areas including:
Complex Health Cardiology/Respiratory medicine Surgery Plastics & Orthopaedics/Trauma Stroke Rehabilitation Cystic Fibrosis
You will receive support from a clinical lead and team lead and have the opportunity to supervise and mentor junior staff members and students. Responsibilities include: Working clinically in specialist rotational areas. Completing relevant assessments and facilitating safe and timely discharges. Completing access visits and home visits depending on the clinical area. Attending Best Interest and discharge planning meetings. Completing equipment adaptation risk assessments and ordering required equipment for patient discharge. Supervising and mentoring junior members of the team including B5, B4, and B3 team members through supervision, appraisal, peer support, and training opportunities. Providing educational support for visiting students and apprentices. Contributing to service development opportunities and participating in audits. Supporting recruitment through shortlisting and interviewing.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the 'NHS England' website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. #J-18808-Ljbffr
The post will offer rotations through a number of our speciality areas including:
Complex Health Cardiology/Respiratory medicine Surgery Plastics & Orthopaedics/Trauma Stroke Rehabilitation Cystic Fibrosis
You will receive support from a clinical lead and team lead and have the opportunity to supervise and mentor junior staff members and students. Responsibilities include: Working clinically in specialist rotational areas. Completing relevant assessments and facilitating safe and timely discharges. Completing access visits and home visits depending on the clinical area. Attending Best Interest and discharge planning meetings. Completing equipment adaptation risk assessments and ordering required equipment for patient discharge. Supervising and mentoring junior members of the team including B5, B4, and B3 team members through supervision, appraisal, peer support, and training opportunities. Providing educational support for visiting students and apprentices. Contributing to service development opportunities and participating in audits. Supporting recruitment through shortlisting and interviewing.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the 'NHS England' website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. #J-18808-Ljbffr
