Senior Occupational Therapist - Rotational
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We have a new exciting opportunity to join our Therapy Team as a Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist at the William Harvey Hospital.
The rotations include both core and specialist areas across the acute hospital setting offering a great opportunity for professional development. These currently include working in the Emergency Department with our Therapy and Discharge Service (TADS), Medical, Trauma and Orthopaedics, and Critical Care.
The successful candidate will assist their team leader in the planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the Therapy service provided to patients within the specialty.
Main Duties Involve:
* To manage daily a clinical caseload of patients, and be responsible for the assessment, formulation, and treatments and to give specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
* To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team.
* To be actively involved with training within the Department in support of new graduate Occupational therapists, student therapists, therapy apprentices, and support workers alongside other senior members of the team.
Additional information can be found within the attached full Job Description.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected, and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families, and carers we care for every day.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Collins, Job title: Lead Therapist for Frailty and Front Door Services, Email address: l.collins12@nhs.net, Telephone number: 07955321055.
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