Occupational Therapist - Rotational

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join the acute Therapy services within St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. These posts will provide an excellent opportunity for both new graduates and Band 5s with current post-registration experience to work with patients and clients who have a wide range of health conditions. We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate in their application form and at interview: relevant hospital experience including skills in autonomous decision making, acute assessment, discharge planning and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Our current rotations include both hospital and community-based rotations which include Surgery, Vascular, Older People's Services, Oncology/ Specialist Medicine, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Stroke, Neurosurgery, Neurorehabilitation and Social Services. The successful candidates will rotate every six months at the beginning of April and October and will have the opportunity to work in various locations across Wandsworth.

Main duties of the job

You will carry a clinical caseload which will include:

• Assessment and treatment of patients within each service line for an array of conditions and to determine clinical reasoning and Occupational Therapy treatment in line with your case formulations.
• Providing client centred occupational therapy to a defined caseload of service users, working with multi-disciplinary members and the wider Occupational Therapy team.
• Supervising support staff and engaging with local service audit development projects and audits.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre. With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. We are a large, friendly, and forward-thinking Trust and you will be working closely with senior therapists in well established interprofessional teams. There is a commitment to supervision and continuing professional development with well-established support, training, and development available within the Trust and as part of our established preceptorship programme.

Job responsibilities

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.**

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Qualification in Occupational Therapy.
• Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Health Professions Council.
• Continued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice and clinical experience gained.

Experience

• Completion of a core practice placement in a hospital or rehabilitation setting.
• Experience in any of the following clinical areas: Elderly, General Medicine, Orthopaedics, Community rehabilitation.

Skills

• Clear demonstrable understanding of the OT process.
• Working knowledge of functional and standardised assessment tools.
• Good clinical reasoning skills.
• Able to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce to deliver a quality service to people from different backgrounds.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Flexible approach.
• Able to work at moderate to high levels of physical activity involving the delivery of manual therapy, therapeutic handling of patients and the assessment, demonstration and installation of adaptations and equipment.

Knowledge

• Basic assessment of need and problem identification.
• Basic goal setting, planning, intervention and evaluation.
• Knowledge and experience of perceptual functioning, cognitive functioning, psychological functioning, and activities of daily living.
• A clear understanding of evidence based practice.
• An understanding of clinical governance and implications for Occupational Therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit.
• Able to work within Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the needs of patients.

Other

• Considered options for travel in support of community-based rotations when visiting clients in own homes is required.
• Own transport (car/motorbike/bicycle).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Principal Occupational Therapist for Neurosciences

£35,964 to £43,780 a year per annum including HCAS (20%).