Senior Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

Senior Occupational Therapist - Stamford Unit

Band 6 - Permanent: 37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Senior OT position within our rehabilitation unit. The post holder will provide skilled occupational therapy assessments, treatment and advice to adult patients on the intermediate care unit. They will undertake a leading role in the assessment, diagnosis and formulation of therapy treatment goals as well as advising and treating patients, carers, families and staff of other agencies. The post holder will also provide daily leadership within the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) with other therapists, nursing staff, Technical Instructors, Health Care Therapy Assistants, students and other health professionals visiting the unit.

Main duties of the job

Support the Band 7 Intermediate Care Therapy Team Lead to operationally manage the 7 day service

Assess patients for their potential for rehabilitation and suggest therapy goals

Manage a rehabilitation clinical caseload alongside others within the multidisciplinary team.

Work as an autonomous practitioner

Provide a quality occupational therapy service to patients receiving intermediate care and rehabilitation.

Ensure a range of therapies are on offer daily to patients including group activities and one to one interventions.

Ensure professional and legal standards are maintained.

Liaise with other members of the MDT to ensure that the intermediate care service contributes to timely and appropriate patient discharge home.

Contribute to the Trust objective to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring a high standard of patient care and achievement of therapy outcome measures.

Line manage a cohort of staff from the MDT

Work across 7 days per week including weekend days and Bank Holidays

Job description

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.