Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters.
Looking for new learning opportunities to expand your competencies & skills.
Ready for a new challenge.
Driven to change the narrative of OT/PT within the Trust and our wider communities to promote and develop a strong workforce now for future generations.
Committed to making the NHS have a brighter future.
Looking to return back to practice.
Do you want...
1. To learn in a fast-paced hospital setting.
2. Work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience.
3. Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, experienced Occupational Therapy leaders.
4. Develop strong leadership skills to assist with service and people development.
5. A workplace that has energy and a drive to proactively respond and think outside the box for the best service now and into the future.
We can offer...
1. Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues.
2. Peer support from a large group of colleagues on the rotation.
3. A multi-professional preceptorship programme.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
To provide excellent, high-quality person centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strives to provide a service fit for today and the future, and develops personal leadership to support clinical growth.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust, we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other: Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
In the Therapies Directorate, we have a strong Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population.
Job responsibilities
If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
1. HCPC registration.
2. Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.
3. Member of relevant special interest group.
Experience
1. Knowledge of upper limb anatomy.
2. Experience in carrying out upper limb assessments, treatment planning and goal setting.
3. Post registration experience as an OT/PT, some of which must be in Hand therapy.
4. Experience of research and audit.
5. Basic knowledge of physiology and wound healing.
Skills and Knowledge
1. Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities.
2. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
3. Training and facilitation skills.
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.
Principal Therapist for Hand Therapy and Orthotics
£39,205 to £47,084 a year incl HCAS pro rata.
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