Specialist Occupational Therapist - RotationalinShrewsburyinShrewsburyPUBLISHED WED 11 DEC 2024
Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum/pro rata
PERMANENT GOOD SALARY
CASELOAD HOLISTIC NHS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Diverse Clinical Experience, The rotational aspect allows therapists to gain experience in various settings, including stroke care, surgery, critical care, and oncology, enhancing their clinical skills.
Professional Development, The role includes supervision and mentorship from a highly specialist team, promoting continuous professional and leadership development.
Autonomous Practice, The position allows for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex patient caseloads as an autonomous practitioner, fostering independence and decision-making skills.
Collaborative Work Environment, The role involves close cooperation with colleagues across all care groups, ensuring a cohesive, user-led service and high standards of patient care.
Service Development Opportunities, The position offers the chance to engage in and lead projects aimed at developing services and creating learning opportunities for others in the team.
Recognition of Achievements, The role encourages celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and multidisciplinary teams, fostering a positive work culture.
Focus on Holistic Patient Care, Each rotation allows therapists to utilize holistic, patient-centered therapy skills, aligning with core Occupational Therapy values and improving patient outcomes.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist for a Rotational Specialist Occupational Therapist position in Shrewsbury. This role allows professionals to enhance their clinical and leadership skills through yearly rotations across various settings, including stroke inpatients, surgery, critical care, oncology, and frailty services. The position emphasises mentorship and supervision from a specialist team, fostering a collaborative environment aimed at delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.
The successful candidate will manage a complex caseload autonomously while adhering to professional guidelines, and will work closely with care groups to ensure effective patient flow and service delivery. Additionally, they will play a vital role in training and supporting team members, contributing to service development projects, and sharing knowledge across the therapy and multidisciplinary teams. Previous NHS experience is required for this role.
The successful candidate will manage a complex caseload autonomously while adhering to professional guidelines, and will work closely with care groups to ensure effective patient flow and service delivery. Additionally, they will play a vital role in training and supporting team members, contributing to service development projects, and sharing knowledge across the therapy and multidisciplinary teams. Previous NHS experience is required for this role.
Diverse Clinical Experience, The rotational aspect allows therapists to gain experience in various settings, including stroke care, surgery, critical care, and oncology, enhancing their clinical skills.
Professional Development, The role includes supervision and mentorship from a highly specialist team, promoting continuous professional and leadership development.
Autonomous Practice, The position allows for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex patient caseloads as an autonomous practitioner, fostering independence and decision-making skills.
Collaborative Work Environment, The role involves close cooperation with colleagues across all care groups, ensuring a cohesive, user-led service and high standards of patient care.
Service Development Opportunities, The position offers the chance to engage in and lead projects aimed at developing services and creating learning opportunities for others in the team.
Recognition of Achievements, The role encourages celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and multidisciplinary teams, fostering a positive work culture.
Focus on Holistic Patient Care, Each rotation allows therapists to utilize holistic, patient-centered therapy skills, aligning with core Occupational Therapy values and improving patient outcomes.
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to utilise and develop your clinical skills & leadership abilities? If so, our Rotational Specialist Occupational Therapy position may be perfect for you.
We understand not all Occupational Therapists who are ready for specialist positions are looking for static posts, so we are offering yearly rotations between a variety of settings to include the following:
- Stroke Inpatients- Surgery, Critical care and Oncology- Medicine - Frailty at the front door
All of our specialist Occupational Therapists receive supervision and mentorship from a member of our highly specialist team who will offer direction in terms of clinical development and leadership development. Each rotation offers fresh opportunity to learn & utilise the holistic patient centred therapy skills core to the Occupational Therapy profession.
Informal conversations about the opportunity are welcome.
Please note that NHS experience is essential for this position.
- To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
- The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow that is safe and timely.
- To work closely with team managers and senior therapists to ensure a robust structure of training, supervision and appraisal is delivered to all members within the team.
- To act as a source of Specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health service.
- Engage or lead on projects to develop services and learning opportunities for others including band 5's, assistant practitioners, support staff and students as well as celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and MDT teams.
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