At Heatherwood, we pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative atmosphere that values your professional growth. You’ll have the opportunity to engage in clinical supervision, training, and service development, empowering both patients and fellow team members. Working within an extended seven-day service, you’ll enjoy flexibility while contributing to our commitment to high-quality care. If you’re ready to embark on a fulfilling career where your skills can truly make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!
Are you interested in a career in Orthopaedics? Are you looking to work in a committed, driven team with a focus on evidence-based practice?
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Therapy team at Heatherwood Hospital as a static Band 5 Occupational Therapist.
Heatherwood Hospital is a GIRFT accredited elective hub, responsible for the management of elective surgery for Frimley Health patients.
The Therapy Team at Heatherwood work within pre-assessment, day surgery NHS and private inpatient units. The team consists of 18 Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Orthopaedic Technicians and Therapy Assistants working flexibly across an extended seven-day service.
The successful post-holder will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of a wide range of Orthopaedic patients throughout their elective pathway.
- The post holder will work within the elective therapy team at Heatherwood Hospital and will work alongside a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Orthopaedic technicians, and therapy assistants.
- They will provide a high standard of occupational therapy to patients throughout the elective pathway.
- They will demonstrate excellent communication and collaborative working to provide a high quality and efficient service.
- Clinical supervision, appraisal and teaching of technicians, assistants and students will be a core component of this role.
- With support from the Principal Therapists and their Team lead, they will participate in training, service development and audit.
- They will work across Orthopaedic pre-assessment, day surgery, inpatient, and private units and work flexibly across an extended seven-day service which covers 07:00-19:30pm Monday to Saturday and 08:00-1600 on Sunday.
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Attached you will find the Job Description and Person Specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role.
We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
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