A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to develop your elderly frailty skills?
Are you keen to develop your leadership skills and have new opportunities?
Do you want to play a key role in improving the experience of our patients?
Do you want to be part of an innovative and highly motivated Occupational Therapy team, making positive changes happen daily?
This Occupational Therapy role offers the chance to experience clinical practice in Elderly Frailty, and especially around preventing deconditioning. We have enthusiastic and experienced clinical teams, who will support your development.
You will have opportunities to support staff and students, as well as drive and lead in service development projects and quality patient care. The Trust actively promotes staff development through a structured support process, which will be available to you for both clinical and managerial supervision and encouragement to explore other learning opportunities.
Responsibilities
* To be a team member contributing to the delivery of therapy services across the Medicine speciality, alongside the senior leadership team.
* To provide specialist advice to therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider team.
* To use client‑centred approaches to patient care.
* To participate in and provide clinical and management supervision.
* To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
* To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives.
* To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
* To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
* To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.
Benefits
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.
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