NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Mayfield Unit, Thurrock Community Hospital
Are you an experienced B5 Occupational Therapist, looking towards progressing into a substantive B6 Senior OT role with a diverseand dynamic team?Or are you a B6 Occupational Therapist looking to work with an established therapy team with aspirations toprogress? Then NELFT has the perfect opportunity for you at Thurrock Community Hospital and now would be the perfect period foryou to join our services to help shape the future.
Main duties of the job
Mayfield Unit in Thurrock Community Hospital is a 24 bedded inpatient ward with free parking facilities and situated in a pleasant localcommunity. We provide rehabilitation to older adults improving service users' functional skills with their activities of daily living whilstpromoting independence.
About us
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,258 to a maximum of £2,122 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Job responsibilities
If you are progressive and innovative professional constantly striving to improve your clinical practice, this is the position for you.Successful candidate will be forward-thinking OT, who has sound decision making skills, effective clinical reasoning and wish to workas part of a supportive inpatient multidisciplinary team.
Certificates of SponsorshipAlthough we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AIApplications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS priorities
* Good awareness of NHS Forward Plan NSF and clinical governance priorities
Qualifications
* BSc Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registered
Experience
* Evidence of CPD in Portfolio with recent learning relevant to clinical field.
* Recent experience of working in the NHS as part of a multi-disciplinary team (2 years minimum)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a yearp.a. (plus HCAS) pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working
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