The Occupational Therapy service for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has vacancies for rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapists. Rotations include acute medicine, emergency department/acute frailty, surgery/ICU, orthopaedics, cardiac, care of the older person, rehabilitation and stroke.
As a Band 5 Clinician, you will deliver a quality Occupational Therapy Service in collaboration with Consultants and the Multidisciplinary Team. You should have an enthusiastic, forward‑thinking, problem‑solving approach, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
* Provide assessment, treatment, intervention and discharge planning for patients with multiple and sometimes complex diagnoses.
* Manage a caseload of clients across a variety of conditions, including occasional complex cases overseen by a Senior Occupational Therapist.
* Assess and prescribe equipment and minor adaptations.
* Support the education of other health care professionals, multi‑agency professionals and occupational therapy students.
Successful candidates will receive clinical supervision, CPD time, an individualized job plan, and may be required to work weekend and bank‑holiday cover on a rota basis.
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