Specialist Occupational Therapist
Permanent opportunity at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. Join the Acute Team within the In Patient Therapy teams at CHFT. Successful candidates will support the Clinical Leads and Team Leaders in the delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions across the Medical and Orthopaedic wards within the Acute Therapy Team, and support the development of the service and its staff. There will be opportunities to be involved in local and Divisional projects which contribute to the overall vision of the organisation.
Applicants must have experience in the NHS at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Successful candidates will be expected to work 7 days a week and may be required to work cross-site.
* Carry out specialist assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients across Calderdale and Huddersfield inpatient wards with the aim of preventing hospital admissions and/or facilitating safe and timely discharges and appropriate transfer of care/referral to community health and social care services.
* Determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
* Take part in the education and training of Occupational therapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare / social series / education staff including medical staff.
* Support the Clinical Leads / Team Leader in the day to day running of the OT service within the Acute therapy team.
* Support and advise within the wider MDT on the delivery of the service.
* Work across a 7‑day service.
For further details or informal visits contact:
Name: Vicky Jackson‑Furness
Job title: Team Leader Inpatient Therapy
Email: vicky.jackson-furness@cht.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01484 343433
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