East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a current B5 Occupational Therapist, Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist or completing your MSc or BSc in Occupational Therapy looking to start your career in a dynamic, supportive and exciting environment with a lot of different learning opportunities? We also invite applications from those wishing to return to practice.
At ESNEFT, we are the largest Trust in the East of England with a fully integrated therapy service working across acute services and in the community.
We are looking for talented Occupational Therapists with commitment and enthusiasm, who are keen to learn and have the ambition to be the best they can be. Our vision for the next five years is to be recognised as the hospital of choice by placing patients at the centre of everything we do, based on principles of quality and safety, access and accountability and continuous improvement.
We are proud to offer a diverse range of rotations across the acute setting and community settings. These are ideal positions for new graduates and will offer you the opportunity to develop your clinical skills across a range of core rotations including:
* Trauma and Orthopaedics
* Stroke
* Older People's Services
* Surgery
* General medical
* 'REACT' team (admission avoidance, emergency department and falls/ frailty clinics).
* Ipswich West Integrated Neighbourhood Team
* Hand therapies
* New Rotation to be added - area to be confirmed
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of an award winning progressive and innovative integrated therapies team to deliver patient-centred, quality care. We have a robust band 5 meeting schedule and offer frequent peer support opportunities.
The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area.
You will demonstrate good communication and organisation skills, and work as part of a large service both as an effective team member and an autonomous practitioner. Our workforce is fully committed to staff development and CPD, with opportunities to specialise and for onward career progression through to Extended Scope Practitioner level.
About us
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
These are ideal positions for new graduates and will offer you the opportunity to develop your clinical skills across a range of core rotations including: Trauma and Orthopaedics, Neurology, Stroke, Care of the Elderly, Surgery, Medical wards, as well as working in the REACT team supporting admission avoidance and covering areas in the emergency department and falls clinics. There is also opportunity to rotate into the acute inpatient psychiatry team as well as gain experience in hand therapy too. You will work as part of an award winning progressive and innovative integrated therapies team to deliver patient-centred, quality care. We have a robust band 5 meeting schedule and offer frequent peer support opportunities too.
The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area. The successful applicants will demonstrate good communication and organisation skills, and work as part of a large service both as an effective team member and an autonomous practitioner. Our workforce is fully committed to staff development and CPD, with opportunities to specialise and for onward career progression through to Extended Scope Practitioner level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Dip COT/BSc/MSc in Occupational therapy
* Registration with HCPC
* Associated prior learning qualification
* Membership of professional body / specialist Interest Group
* Full driver's licence
Experience
* Wide range of fieldwork placements
* Application of OT process
* Experience of working and communicating effectively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary team.
* Prior work/voluntary experience (in associated field)
* Specialist fieldwork placements
Knowledge
* Awareness of relevant legislation e.g. NHS reforms etc.
* Knowledge and application of current best practice in OT
* Knowledge and application of Clinical Governance principles/CQC
* Knowledge of the Discharge to Assess model and the role OT's play in facilitating this.
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.
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