Looking for a Band 5 or 6 Acute OT post?
Are you:
1. Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters?
2. Looking for new learning opportunities to expand your competencies & skills?
3. Driven to change the narrative of OT within the Trust and our wider communities to promote and develop a strong workforce now for future generations?
Do you want:
1. To learn in a fast-paced hospital and community setting?
2. To work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience?
3. To develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders?
4. To develop strong leadership skills to assist with service and people development?
We can offer:
1. An acute rotation providing you with diverse experiences including Medicine (general medicine, Elderly, Respiratory and Cardiology), Orthopaedics, Surgery, Stroke, Neuro, Palliative care, hand therapy (correct at time of advertisement).
2. Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues.
3. Peer support from a large group of colleagues on the rotation.
4. A 12-month multi-professional preceptorship programme (Band 5).
We support OTs who are looking to Return to Practice.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
To provide excellent, high-quality person-centred clinical care that advocates for patients, striving to provide a service fit for today and the future, developing personal leadership to support clinical growth. Every 6 monthly Band 5 or 12 monthly Band 6 rotation brings duties and learning opportunities specific for that team.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance.
As a Trust, we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an AHP practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work-life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Job description
If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post. There may be opportunities to consider a static position in medicine, so please enquire.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
* Degree or Diploma in OT
* HCPC registration
Desirable
* Fieldwork educators course
* Evidence of post graduate CPD
Skill
Essential
* Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups
* Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities related to the acute, physical setting
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Good understanding of how the OT role relates within the acute, physical NHS setting
Desirable
* Training and facilitation skills
* Use of an electronic patient record
Experience
Essential
* Knowledge of evidence-based practice and service improvement
* Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
* Ability to clinically reason/plan intervention independently
* Relevant experience
Desirable
* Experience of research and audit
* Advice and informal supervision to support staff and students
Special
Essential
* Willingness to rotate clinical area of work
* Must be able to travel between sites
Desirable
* Car driver with licence
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Wexham, Slough
SL2 4HL
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