Band 6 Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

Are you a band 5 looking for progression or a band 6 looking for a change in your careers, then look no further.

Here is your opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic and ever evolving therapy team, at Heartlands hospital as part of UHB.

You will be working as part of the therapy team and the wider Multidisciplinary team supporting patients to return home as soon as possible.

We need an excellent team worker with knowledge across a range of Occupational Therapy treatments. In return we offer you the opportunity to develop your clinical and interdisciplinary team working skills, supporting your career development with an individualised personal development plan, closely supported by your team lead. You will receive supervision regularly as part of our new more supportive structure in addition to annual appraisals, to support your immediate and longer term goals.

You will be joining a team in a fast paced hospital with the vision of building healthier lives for the local community, there is therefore lots of opportunity to support with the development of the service to ensure that the ever changing needs of the community are met.

If you require any additional information please do not hesitate contact Karen Cunningham, [email protected] 01214241490

Main duties of the job

To provide individualised therapeutic assessments, management and treatment of patients in a variety of wards within the hospital setting. Focussing interventions to a wide variety of clinical cases across the acute hospital wards, applying Occupational Therapy knowledge and the OT process. There will be a strong focus on facilitating discharges home, or to other care pathways and ensure that their person specific ongoing needs are met by the most appropriate services.

You should posses excellent communication, prioritisation and organisational skills, and experience in working in a multidisciplinary team. Undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records.

Furthermore, assisting with supervision, education and co-ordination of more junior qualified staff, generic support workers and students.

To engage in the service development process, and support with the collection of data, and supporting the implementation of changes within the immediate team.

There may be occasions where you will need to deputise for your team lead.

Job description

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About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.