Oxford Health Community Hospitals are delighted to be offering the opportunity to employ an Occupational Therapist (OT) within our service. If you are passionate about working in an award-winning inpatient physical rehabilitation setting with adults, to enhance their quality of life and health and facilitate their safe discharge from hospital, then we are the team for you.
We would love to hear from any Occupational Therapists who have the compassion, skills, and knowledge to help us holistically assess our patients and to deliver person-centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve their health and well-being and return to independence.
We're a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community hospital multi-disciplinary team. You will receive quality individual, safeguarding, and reflective practice supervision.
We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service. This role is based at our Didcot Community Hospital Site but there is also potential to be placed within our Wallingford Hospital Team.
This role would suit someone who is competent in conducting specific physical and cognitive/functional assessments and delivering interventions to support rehabilitation. The post holder should be able to communicate this effectively within the MDT and family but also externally to key organisations such as social care and specialist services. You will also have responsibility for and be supported with prescribing equipment and assessing home environments as appropriate. You will also be expected to represent the service at family meetings and be aware of the protocols and procedures in place to ensure clinical governance and adherence to standards.
Oxford Health is a great place to work, and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team.”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent.”
At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Individual and Trust-wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount
5. Pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Mental Health First Aiders
9. Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
10. Staff networking and support groups
Please see job description attached for full details. However,
Clinical Care Responsibilities may include:
1. Delivery of safe and effective rehabilitative patient care and discharge, working in partnership with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team within the community and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole system delegating duties as appropriate.
2. Participate in the hands-on delivery of patient care.
3. Work flexibly across localities and occasional weekends to ensure the requirements of the service contract are met.
4. Be visible and accessible to patients, relatives, and colleagues in order to work effectively within the team.
5. Work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to prioritise, assess, plan and implement patient-specific OT programmes of care/rehabilitation, analysing patient needs and making judgements about best practice contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.
6. Undertake assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence-based practice and professional expertise. Determine appropriate care plans utilising expert treatment skills and options.
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