Site Cross Site Town Winchester SO22 5DG and Basingstoke RG24 9NA
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 02/03/2025 23:59
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
We are excited to be able to expand our current rotations and as a result, recruit to our Band 5 Occupational Therapy posts at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
There are opportunities to rotate across our Winchester and Basingstoke sites on a variety of rotations and specialities throughout the patient pathway. These settings include surgery, ED, medicine, cardiology, elderly care, hand therapy, orthopaedics including trauma and elective, and stroke.
A rotation is a great way to begin your career or to continue developing your existing skills at a Band 5 level. You will be supported by experienced clinicians who will teach you the skills you need to deliver excellent patient care and progress your career.
If you have excellent communication skills, are eager to learn and are passionate about providing outstanding patient care, we would love to hear from you.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Claire Bennett on claire.bennett@hhft.nhs.uk.
You will notice that there are jobs listed under Winchester or Basingstoke on the site, please only apply once as applications for either site will be considered for the cross-site rotation.
A successful applicant will be expected to hold a manual driving licence or have access to their own car with business insurance, unless medically exempt.
Main duties of the job
Assess and treat a variety of conditions across all rotations whilst working as part of a wider therapy team to promote and develop evidence-based care.
You will be expected to partake in 7-day working and the in-service training rota as required.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are happy to discuss flexible working - all requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We welcome informal visits to meet the team.
Person specification
Qualification
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registration
Skills / Knowledge
* Experience in Inpatient setting
* Evidence of good verbal and written communication
* Previous Band 5 Experience
* Evidence of MDT working
* Wide range of previous clinical experience
Driving Licence
* Full UK Manual Driving Licence
* Access to own car for work purposes
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
* HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
* Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third-party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
* All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
* In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
* This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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