Overview
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and versatile Occupational Therapist looking to start or progress your career within a supportive and dynamic team? Join us at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust – the largest NHS trust in the UK.
Role
We are currently recruiting for Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join our established site‑based rotation, offering excellent development opportunities across specialties including orthopaedics, surgery, medicine, older people’s services, and the emergency therapy team.
Responsibilities
To work as an autonomously provider of high‑quality occupational therapy interventions to a wide variety of patients, including the assessment and treatment of patients, provision of individual and group education and treatment sessions, provision of assistive devices (orthotics and prosthetics) and equipment and minor home adaptations in a wide variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient departments and the patient’s home. Working in a number of specialties across Barts Health NHS Trust including respiratory and critical care, acute admissions unit, neurosciences and stroke, trauma and orthopaedics, cancer services and hand therapy.
Organisational Context
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Vision and Values
Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Inclusion
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amina Mourad Job title: Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Email address: amina.mourad3@nhs.net Telephone number: 020 8539 5522
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