* Assist Clinical Therapy leads and Band 7 Team in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Therapy service provided to patients on a day-to-day basis.
* To manage a clinical specialist caseload in the therapy field using evidence-based assessments, treatment and discharge planning to patients within the clinical speciality.
* To work as part of an MDT and provide highly specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
* To deputise for the Band 7 Occupational Therapist on clinical and managerial duties within the team.
* To participate in 7-day services., We form part of close MDT working on all the wards and the therapy team are key team members in the rehabilitation of patients and discharge planning. We firmly believe that developing our staff is key to success; we have a dynamic and progressive training and development ethos, providing excellent opportunities to enhance your knowledge and competencies, nurturing your personal and professional development by encouraging and supporting you to reach your full potential, we currently have therapy staff studying to be Advanced Practitioners, and as the organisation is moving towards a skills based workforce the future opportunities are endless.
Our Therapy service is a dynamic and exciting team that works across our three main site at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate and Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, as well as supporting patients across our satellite sites.