Overview
Felixstowe Community Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist. You will be based at Felixstowe Community Hospital with the opportunity to experience working at all three community hospital sites (Felixstowe, Bluebird Lodge and Aldeburgh Community Hospital) and in partnership with Ipswich Hospital as part of ESNEFT NHS Trust. You will work as part of the close knit therapy team and with an experienced multidisciplinary team to promote discharge to assess pathways for in-patients and support optimising patient outcomes through a rehabilitative and reablement approach. The role includes dedicated delirium beds to support patients with more complex cognitive needs, providing an opportunity to utilise specialist cognitive assessment and rehabilitation skills.
You will be a proactive Occupational Therapist with commitment and enthusiasm, who works well as part of a team to progress rehabilitation goals and use a range of therapy interventions to facilitate timely and appropriate discharges.
Responsibilities
* To be responsible alongside the multi-disciplinary team for daily caseload management of therapy interventions ensuring all patients receive timely, appropriate, effective treatment and discharge planning.
* In collaboration with the patient, plan and implement single or a programme of interventions using treatment techniques to meet the patient’s needs, using professional and theoretical knowledge, broad clinical knowledge, and clinical reasoning.
* To apply understanding of effects and impact of illness and disability on patient’s abilities and provide advice and education regarding lifestyle changes or adaptations to their physical and social environment.
* To participate in own and others’ continuous professional development, appraisal processes and other developmental activities according to professional registration and trust policies.
* To supervise and assist in the development of junior clinicians, non-qualified staff, and students on placement.
* To undertake audit of both clinical practice and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
About ESNEFT and benefits
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust we focus on reducing time delays for staff and patients. We are investing in digital transformation with Epic EPR to improve care.
Additional information
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you. The post is 30 hours per week, with some flexibility over the working pattern within a minimum of 4 days per week. ESNEFT supports training and development for both internal and external professional training. For full details of the responsibilities and duties please see the attached job description. This advert closes on Friday 10 Oct 2025. Find out about living and working here at www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A.
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