We are looking for
an Occupational Therapist who is already a skilled clinician with previous cancer-related experience, can treat and manage complex cancer patients in an in-patientenvironment and who is confident to challenge current practice and ensure that our patients receive up-to-date evidence-based treatments.
You will be naturally empathetic, demonstrating good communication skills to facilitate close working relationships with both service users and staff.
You will need to be creative and flexible to meet the changing needs of the caseload and service.
You will demonstrate emerging leadership qualities and take an active interest in the teaching and development of others. You will manage your own caseload whilst working aspart of an interdisciplinary team alongside Nurses, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Therapy Technicians and Speech and Language Therapists.
In service training programs and staff appraisal systems are in operation to help you develop to meet the demands of the post.
There will be a commitment to 1:4 weekend working + 1 bank holiday throughout a year.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.