Occupational Therapist - Hazell Court inSudbury inSudbury PUBLISHED TUE 29 OCT 2024

The opportunity has arisen to grow our Occupational Therapy service at the West Suffolk Foundation Trust with Band 6 part time or full-time posts with the Community Assessment Beds (CAB) team.

These community assessment beds provide ongoing assessment for patients following an inpatient admission at the acute hospital, or occasionally as admissions directly from the community.

You would work within the multidisciplinary team at sites across West Suffolk (including care homes) to help those that are transitioning from an acute environment who require additional support and assessment prior to being discharged.

Frequent travel is essential to this role. You must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.

We will offer the successful candidates the opportunity to broaden their clinical practice, knowledge and skills with using evidence-based practice to help ensure the quality of service delivery meets the requirements of the patients and service.

The post holder will support occupational therapy apprentice and other students as part of our wider programme. Promoting the role of occupational therapy within the Trust, and more widely is an essential part of the role.

This post would be suitable for someone seeking to develop their occupational therapy clinical and leadership skills at band 6 level, or as a developmental role for an existing Band 5.

We would also consider experienced staff who are returning to practice.

The post holder will enjoy working as part of a team player, and would suit someone who is forward thinking, conscientious, and motivated to work autonomously and holistically.

You will benefit from working in a very supportive CAB team, department and NHS Trust that advocates continuous improvement and training opportunities to help develop our staff.

You will be provided with regular supervision from an experienced clinical specialist occupational therapist.

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Job Summary:

To provide specialist assessment, intervention and management of patients, ensuring practice is evidence based at all times

To autonomously manage a complex clinical case load at Hazell Court whilst also supporting others as required across the West Suffolk Community Assessment Bed (CAB) sites

To support the team lead with service delivery and the day to day management of the CAB service across the sites

To work under the direction of the team lead with audits, service developments and research to ensure the service is in line with current best practice

To support the team with regular training and education to assist staff, students, carers and others as required

To foster a positive team ethos, promoting, supporting, and developing the service and staff to enable a safe and healthy working environment

To ensure staff are supported through regular supervision and appraisals to maximise development opportunities

To maintain an active professional development portfolio and to continue with on-going post-graduate learning