Senior Occupational Therapist - Rotational
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
We have a new exciting opportunity to join our Therapy Team as a Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist at the William Harvey Hospital.
The rotations include both core and specialist areas across the acute hospital setting offering a great opportunity for professional development. These currently include working in the Emergency Department with our Therapy and Discharge Service (TADS), Medical, trauma and Orthopaedics and Critical Care.
The successful candidate will assist their team leader in the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating of the Therapy service provided to patients within the specialty.
Main duties of the job
* To manage daily a clinical caseload of patients, and be responsible for the assessment, formulation and treatments and to give specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
* To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team.
* To be actively involved with training within the Department in support of new graduate Occupational therapists, student therapists, therapy apprentices and support workers alongside other senior members of the team.
Person Specification
Qualification
* BSc Occupational Therapist
* HCPC Registration
* Member of RCOT
Skills
* Highly developed clinical skills in acute inpatient setting
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* Evidence of working within acute inpatient setting
Experience
* 18 months post graduate experience in relevant specialist area of Inpatients, general rotations
* Proven record of providing high quality intervention for high risk patients
* Experience working within a fast pace setting or emergency department
* Experience working within acute inpatient setting
* Experience managing challenging situations
Knowledge
* Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC
* Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice.
* Experience providing complex assessments and discharge planning
* Experience using appropriate outcome measures linked to the assessment of medical/frailty patients
* Knowledge of extended role of Occupational Therapy within discharge pathways
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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