Specialist Frailty Occupational Therapist
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Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join our Older Peoples Therapy Team as a Senior Occupational Therapist. This is a fantastic opportunity where you will be supported to enhance your clinical practice and develop extended skills in frailty, whilst working alongside our highly regarded and innovative Older Person's Team in the hospital. This role will encompass the use of excellent clinical and leadership skills, encouraging you to work holistically developing yourself and colleagues. You will receive regular supervision and training and have responsibility for the supervision of others and contribute to the team training programme.
This post will also provide you with opportunities to develop managerial skills and contribute to and lead on service development within the team and wider services.
This role requires: HCPC Registration
Base Location: Poole Hospital (moving to Royal Bournemouth site in 2026)
Interview Date: Aiming 29th April 2025
Main duties of the job
You will have the opportunity to develop specialised skills in frailty in a fast paced environment. Your caseload will enable you to promote optimising recovery with early assessment of occupational performance in daily living activities. Assessment and education of optimal moving and handling with appropriate equipment provision and assessment of cognition will be intrinsic to this role. You will need to work in partnership with health and community providers in the county to enable Discharge to Assess and Home First Principles. This role will provide you with the opportunity to support patients within the acute hospital and within their own homes to ensure they receive the right service in the best place for them.
To be successful in securing this post, you will have:
* 2 years experience working as an Occupational Therapist covering core rotations
* Experience working at a junior level within the NHS is essential
* Willing to participate in 7 day working on a rota basis
* Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence and have access to a car for work purposes
About Us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. In some cases this means that a service may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Please note: If the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Date posted
28 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa/pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
153-SP04391
Job locations
Poole Hospital Site
Longfleet Road
Poole
BH15 2JB
Job Description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Degree
* HCPC Registration
Experience Essential
* 2+ years experience within the NHS
* Band 5 Occupational Therapy experience covering the following core areas: Older adults, Neurology, Hand/Orthopaedics, Acute
* NHS Experience in an acute physical setting
Technical skills Essential
* Ability to teach patients, relatives, carers & staff.
* Demonstrate excellent verbal and nonverbal communication with an ability to establish a good rapport with a range of people.
* Ability to delegate appropriately.
* Ability to teach & supervise Junior staff & assistants.
* Good time management.
* IT Skills within word processing.
* Ability to prioritise clinical workload.
Other requirements Essential
* Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence
* Ability to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Poole Hospital Site
Longfleet Road
Poole
BH15 2JB
Employer's website: https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers
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