Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Medical Inpatients inAshford inAshford PUBLISHED 11 DEC 2023

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that can deliver high quality care within a busy and acute inpatient environment. The post would be a static post within the Medical and Healthcare of the Older Person (HCOOP) team at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.

Due to career development of existing staff, and service developments, we have some exciting opportunities for a static Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist post. This post would suit a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge, or a Band 5 Occupational Therapist ready to further develop their skills and career.

You will be working as a key member of the team supporting patients on the acute medical and HCOOP wards, offering assessment and treatment plans, alongside discharge planning.

The successful candidate would be expected to:

o To manage a clinical caseload of patients, and be responsible for the assessment, formulation and evaluation of patient-centred care.

o To be able to facilitate safe discharge planning from hospital to the community.

o To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team

o To be actively involved with training and development within the Department in support of new graduate Occupational therapists, student therapists, therapy apprentices and support workers alongside other senior members of the team.

o Promote the role of OT and demonstrate the values to the members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that can deliver high quality care within a busy and acute inpatient environment. The post would be a static post within the Medical and Healthcare of the Older Person (HCOOP) team at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.

Due to career development of existing staff, and service developments, we have some exciting opportunities for a static Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist post. This post would suit a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge, or a Band 5 Occupational Therapist ready to further develop their skills and career.

You will be working as a key member of the team supporting patients on the acute medical and HCOOP wards, offering assessment and treatment plans, alongside discharge planning.

The successful candidate would be expected to:

o To manage a clinical caseload of patients, and be responsible for the assessment, formulation and evaluation of patient-centred care.

o To be able to facilitate safe discharge planning from hospital to the community.

o To deputise for Team Leader on clinical and managerial issues within the team

o To be actively involved with training and development within the Department in support of new graduate Occupational therapists, student therapists, therapy apprentices and support workers alongside other senior members of the team.

o Promote the role of OT and demonstrate the values to the members of the multi-disciplinary team.



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