Specialist Trauma and Orthopaedics Occupational Therapist inSt Leonards on Sea inSt Leonards on Sea PUBLISHED
THU 24 OCT 2024
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust rs7UjC1y
Additionally, the therapist will support service development, policy implementation, and standard monitoring under the guidance of senior leadership. The successful candidate will be expected to promote integrated care practices, contribute to optimizing patient flow, and adapt to varying acute service needs as required. The hospital encourages prospective candidates to reach out for informal discussions about the role.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a Specialist Trauma and Orthopaedic Occupational Therapist to be part of the clinical delivery and leadership for orthopaedic patients within the Conquest Hospital and their transition into the community. Your primary roles will be to:
- enable clinical continuity to improve clinical standards, care pathways and the patient journey
- manage complex clinical care in partnership with individuals, patients and carers
- utilisation of specialist orthopaedic and discharge skills
- be an integral member of the MDT
- increase job satisfaction by assisting with supervision and training for the staff and students within the service
The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Associate Practitioners and Therapy Assistants.
If you would like to explore this opportunity further, we would encourage you to contact us for an informal chat or visit.
To undertake assessments and coordinate and provide Occupational Therapy intervention to facilitate a safe discharge for Trauma and Orthopaedic patients.
To undertake specialist clinical Occupational Therapy, including work requiring particular expertise or ability.
To promote integrated, multidisciplinary working practices that supports a seamless transition of care.
To support the Team Lead Occupational Therapist, Professional Occupational Therapy Lead and Service Manager with service development, helping to implement policy and policy changes and to set and monitor standards of practice.
To support the Trauma and Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy Team in optimising patient flow.
To work flexibly across acute services as needed.
About us
Please refer to the attached job description, for any further queries please contact the appointed manager.
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