Overview
An exciting opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Older Persons’ Therapy Service (OPS) at University Hospital Dorset. The OPS Team includes Emergency Department (ED) & Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC); Older Person's Assessment Unit; Older Person's Acute Wards; and Older Person's Continuing Care Ward. This position will rotate between the Older Person’s Acute Wards and Continuing Care. You will be encouraged to enhance your clinical practice and develop extended skills in frailty, while working with our highly regarded and innovative Older Person’s Team in the hospital. The role will utilise strong clinical and leadership skills, include supervision of staff, and support holistic development of yourself and colleagues.
University Hospital Dorset works in partnership with health and community providers within the county to enable the Discharge to Assess and Home First principles. You will have the opportunity to support patients within the acute hospital and in their own homes to ensure they receive the right service in the best place for them.
Participation in weekend working is an integral aspect of this post, providing an opportunity to enhance skills within the Emergency Department and Older Person’s Assessment Unit. This post is currently based at Poole Hospital but will relocate to the Bournemouth site in the future.
Within this role you will have the opportunity to utilise your skills to provide excellent services for our patients, to be involved in the training of others, and to expand your own knowledge with training opportunities. Join our team!
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is competent in completing core therapy assessments and providing specialist Occupational Therapy interventions. You will be required to use core Occupational Therapy skills including assessment of Occupational Performance through activity analysis, informing your clinical reasoning and decision making.
Our values define who we are as Team UHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future, guiding how we treat our patients, visitors, and colleagues.
UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. In some cases, a service may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions at interview.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Sep 2025.
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