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Occupational therapist

Wakefield
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Occupational therapist
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About The Role

Come and join us on our popular and varied Band 5 Occupational Therapy rotation.

Grace Thomas

Team Leader - MY Therapy

grace.thomas6@nhs.net

01977 747471

About The Role

Come and join us on our popular and varied Band 5 Occupational Therapy rotation.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience and develop skills and knowledge within a supportive environment. The rotation gives experience of work in the following clinical specialities, Rotations will cover our 3 hospital sites (Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury) and community settings.


* Trauma / Orthopaedics / Amputees
* Elderly complex care
* Respiratory
* Surgery
* Intermediate care MY Therapy Team
* Spinal injuries
* A & E / acute assessment and frailty
* Hand Therapy
* Neurology
* Burns
* Children's Therapy

Rotations are 6 monthly, rotational members of staff submit choices prior to each rotation.

The services cover 7 days, a flexible approach is required to meet the challenges in each clinical speciality where you would be assigned to an experienced clinical practitioner for regular supervision and support as well as working within experienced and well-established teams. We offer preceptorship support throughout your first year of practice.

Main duties

The successful candidate will work together with colleagues, partners, patients and their families/carers in a broad range of environments.

We encourage all staff to be instrumental in service development and also offer: -

* Regular supervision
* A friendly and supportive environment.
* An inclusive and thorough induction programme.
* Annual appraisal
* Commitment to learning and opportunity to develop clinical skills in the community setting

The full job description is attached to this advert, please ensure you review this before submitting your application.

Key Requirements

For this role is essential that you have a degree in Occupational Therapy and are currently registered with the HCPC.

In This Role, You Will Be Expected

* To undertake Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the patient in areas of self maintenance, productivity and leisure.
* To be responsible for the organisation, implementation, and evaluation of domiciliary assessments to facilitate safe and timely discharge of individuals.
* To develop skills and knowledge through participation in the diverse rotational scheme, this includes plastics/burns, neurology, spinal injuries, community assessment, children’s services, acute services and intermediate care.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support

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