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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SENIOR CLINICAL POST WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND CLINICAL SKILLS?
ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING ACROSS ACUTE MEDICINE IN A FAST-PACED, DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT.
The Specialist Medicine Therapy Team at Royal Derby Hospital are recruiting to a full time, Band 6 Occupational Therapist post.
The post holder will be joining an established, vibrant and friendly team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and assistant staff who share an office base and work closely together to provide a consistent and responsive Therapy service to all the Acute Medicine wards.
Prior experience as a senior OT is not essential if you have gained relevant skills and experience as a Band 5 and have a passion for Acute Medicine
You will enhance clinical skills and knowledge working with a variety of patients which include, Renal, Endocrinology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Cardiology, providing advanced Occupational Therapy assessments and treatments and providing specialist advice and support to other professionals throughout the Trust.
Excellent problem solving skills are a must, to ensure strength based, holistic and patient centred quality care.
Experience in managing complex discharges in a fast-paced acute hospital environment is essential, as is the ability to communicate effectively as part of multi-disciplinary and Therapy team.
This will involve working closely with the other senior OT’s and Physiotherapists to ensure optimum service delivery and delay avoidance.
You will have experience in working in Acute Medicine and will be expected to play an active role in the development of the service and the individuals within the service.
You will be required to carry a caseload independently and provide supervision and support to assist more junior OT staff as necessary. You must also be adaptable, calm and be able to effectively delegate work to OT and assistant staff within the team to ensure priorities across the service are covered.
Closing date - 27 July 2025
Interview date - 07 August 2025
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Keeley Ferris Job title: Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: keeley.ferris@nhs.net Telephone number: 07385516984
Kiran Mandara - Lead B7 OT
Harkiran.mandara1@nhs.net
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