Band 6 Experienced Occupational Therapist In Medicine
This static post provides an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and highly valued therapy team within acute medicine.
The role involves providing specialist therapy for a wide range of patients and involvement in service development projects to provide continuous improvement within the area.
The post will be operating across the following specialties: renal, respiratory, cardiology, oncology, gastro, rheumatology and endocrine, working with individuals with a variety of complex needs.
The post holder will also be expected to take a role in supervising junior staff and students, contributing to in-service training and the weekend rota.
The role also requires a willingness to develop leadership skills, an excellent opportunity for a Band 5 or 6 looking to further their career.
* To be an experienced occupational therapist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
* To participate in the operational management and clinical leadership of occupational therapy in conjunction with the Team Lead and/or Professional Lead.
* To use specialist occupational therapy knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide experienced support and advice to the occupational therapy team and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
* To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient occupational therapy service in designated area.
* To be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development in these departments.
* To deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead as required.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.
The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading’s biggest employer.
We attract Occupational Therapists from all over the country and internationally. If you’d like to see more about what we do, please go to our twitter @rbhtherapyteam.
Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do! https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stuart Maher Job title: Team Lead OT for Medicine Email address: stuart.maher@royalberkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0118 322 5305
Josie Caffrey (Occupational Therapy Professional Lead) 0118 322 5215 / josie.caffrey@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Rachel Thomas (Therapies Education & Workforce Lead) rachel.thomas@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
#J-18808-Ljbffr