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Senior Occupational Therapist - Avocet
The closing date is 04 December 2025
Avocet Court has an exciting opportunity for a fulltime permanent Band 6 Occupational Therapist for 37.5 hours per week. Avocet Court works in close partnership with the three East Suffolk Community Hospitals, Ipswich Hospital and as part of the wider ESNEFT NHS Trust.
You will work as part of the therapy team consisting of a therapy team lead, physiotherapist and therapy assistant practitioners, to promote the discharge to assess pathways for in-patients. You will also work closely alongside social care, the multidisciplinary team and Ipswich Hospital transfer of care hub.
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with commitment and enthusiasm, who has a passion to work as part of a team to progress patients reablement goals and use a range of therapy interventions to facilitate timely and appropriate discharges.
Main duties of the job
* 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, planning and implementing single or a programme of interventions using treatment techniques to meet the patient’s needs. These will be achieved 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 / 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 us
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 pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* oBSc / MSc Occupational therapy
* oHCPC Registered / Occupational therapy
* opost registration courses
* oNon-clinical courses
* oLEO / leadership
* oStudent educator course
* oRCOT membership
Experience
* oExperience of multi-disciplinary working
* oComprehensive range of junior rotations with experience of complex caseload management
* oExperience of facilitating discharges from the acute setting and/or managing a caseload of patients within the community.
* oExperience of rehabilitation of patients, falls assessment and discharge planning
* oSupervision of students in any environment
* oClinical Audit
* oMember of specialist interest group
Knowledge
* oExtended knowledge of OT process
* oCurrent evidence based practice
* oDetailed anatomy and physiology relevant to the speciality
* oFalls re-education
* oBenefits of exercise and education
* oKnowledge of local community agencies, services and resources.
Skills
* oAbility to work under pressure and support others in doing so
* oObservational skills
* oTeaching skills
* oDriving license
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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