Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patients' rehabilitation and independence.
Collaborative work environment with a diverse team of professionals including physiotherapists, social workers, and nurses.
Access to advanced technology for efficient note-taking, allowing more focus on patient care rather than paperwork.
Extensive resources available, including a variety of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) equipment and a large cohort of rehab support workers.
Comprehensive training and development opportunities to enhance clinical skills and career progression.
Supportive work culture with the 'Showing We Care About You Programme' that prioritizes employee wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance.
The role of Specialist Occupational Therapist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London involves creating innovative rehabilitation solutions to help patients achieve their rehab goals and enhance their independence. Working within a multidisciplinary team that includes physiotherapists, nurses, and social workers, you will support adults with client-centred rehabilitation programs. The position prioritizes patient care over administrative tasks, utilizing technology for efficient documentation. Located in vibrant communities in Brixton and Streatham, the role offers excellent access to rehabilitation equipment and a supportive environment that emphasises career development and work-life balance.
Candidates will have opportunities to enhance their clinical skills, participate in professional development training, and engage in integrated health and social care for diverse patient needs. The Trust provides structured support, supervision, and access to research and training collaborations with local universities. Flexible working arrangements may be considered, with a commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care in one of the UK’s leading healthcare organisations.
Candidates will have opportunities to enhance their clinical skills, participate in professional development training, and engage in integrated health and social care for diverse patient needs. The Trust provides structured support, supervision, and access to research and training collaborations with local universities. Flexible working arrangements may be considered, with a commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care in one of the UK’s leading healthcare organisations.
We know the power of rehab. Want to make real change? Join us to help patients excel with their rehab goals. Using your core occupational therapy skills, you will design creative and innovative therapy solutions for patients.
Our Service Aims To
From our 5 main hospitals, and in the community, we provide a full range of lifelong, general and specialist care, as well as clinical research, innovation, education and training.
We're a diverse and welcoming organisation, and are incredibly proud of our 25,500 staff and the dedication they show to our patients and each other.
We aim to be outstanding in everything we do and to provide high quality and compassionate care and experience to all of our patients and families.
As a leading centre of clinical research with a long history of innovation and medical firsts, we are able to provide the latest and most advanced treatments. We're ranked top in England for the number of trials open for patients to join and in the top 10 for the number of patients recruited to help us in our research.
Together with our partners in King's Health Partners, we form 1 of the UK's 8 Academic Health Science Centres.
Our world famous teaching hospitals train the doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals of the future. GKT School of Medical Education is our medical school, run jointly with King's College London and King's College Hospital.
We're guided by our values in everything we do and, as one of the largest employers in London, we reflect the diversity, opportunity and ambition of our communities and the people we serve.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Janina Drozd Job title: Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address: Telephone number: 02
Flexible working and part-time hours would be considered but would need to be happy to work weekends as part of a rota.
- Our energetic and passionate team consists of physiotherapists, rehab support workers, social workers and nurses. Working together you will support adults with client-centred rehab programmes, optimising their independence and quality of life.
- We want the focus on rehab for our patients and not paperwork. Using the power of technology we can take notes ‘on the go’ with our various systems EPIC, Rover and Dragon.
- Our core working sites in Brixton and Streatham are centred within vibrant and exciting communities.
- We have excellent access to a vast array of ADL equipment and have a large cohort of rehab support workers.
- You’ll benefit from our award winning “Showing We Care About You Programme”. It offers many types of support (financial wellbeing, career development, value and recognition, work-life balance) to help you in your professional, personal and family life.
- We are one of the UKs leading providers of hospital and community-based healthcare, research and education. As part of the Kings Health Trust, you will have opportunities for comprehensive training and development to continuously improve patient care and progress your career.
Our Service Aims To
- Facilitate the safe discharge of people from healthcare in hospital to healthcare at home.
- Provide intensive, short term multi-disciplinary rehabilitation & care support to promote functional independence.
- Further develop your clinical skills, e.g. assess for suitable equipment, minor home adaptations, cognitive assessment, functional and Moving & Handling assessments.
- Develop your skills in holistic assessment, problem solving and joint working with other health and social care colleagues.
- Develop management and operational skills
- Access appropriate GSTT leadership development training courses to support career development.
- Support you to be involved in OT meetings.
- Provide you with supervision and clinical support.
- Professional expert advice, including access to our Professional Leads in our Community and Hospital settings.
- An annual appraisal and PDR.
- Structured in-service development programs and supervisions.
- Support to undertake research, audit and service evaluation.
- Training links to London Southbank and King’s College Universities.
- Support to develop your skills in preparation and presentations
From our 5 main hospitals, and in the community, we provide a full range of lifelong, general and specialist care, as well as clinical research, innovation, education and training.
We're a diverse and welcoming organisation, and are incredibly proud of our 25,500 staff and the dedication they show to our patients and each other.
We aim to be outstanding in everything we do and to provide high quality and compassionate care and experience to all of our patients and families.
As a leading centre of clinical research with a long history of innovation and medical firsts, we are able to provide the latest and most advanced treatments. We're ranked top in England for the number of trials open for patients to join and in the top 10 for the number of patients recruited to help us in our research.
Together with our partners in King's Health Partners, we form 1 of the UK's 8 Academic Health Science Centres.
Our world famous teaching hospitals train the doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals of the future. GKT School of Medical Education is our medical school, run jointly with King's College London and King's College Hospital.
We're guided by our values in everything we do and, as one of the largest employers in London, we reflect the diversity, opportunity and ambition of our communities and the people we serve.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Janina Drozd Job title: Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address: Telephone number: 02
Flexible working and part-time hours would be considered but would need to be happy to work weekends as part of a rota.
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