Experienced Rotational Occupational Therapist

Royal Berkshire; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist to join the Therapy Department at RBH. You will deliver patient-centred care, provide professional leadership, and rotate across Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Medicine, Elderly Care, Front Door Services, and Acute Stroke Unit.

We support professional development and reflective practice with the Therapies Leadership Team and Practice Education Team, fostering autonomous practice and service

Qualifications

• Post graduate specialist experience with CPD, evidence-based project work, post graduate teaching.
• Broad knowledge of Elderly care, Medical, Neurological, musculoskeletal & orthopaedic or surgical conditions.
• Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff and supervising students.

Responsibilities

• Be an experienced occupational therapist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
• Participate in operational management and clinical leadership in conjunction with Band 7 Team Lead/Advanced Specialist OT.
• Use specialist OT knowledge and clinical reasoning to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
• Ensure a high quality, effective and efficient OT service in designated area.
• Be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development.
• Deputise for Band 7 Team Lead/Advanced Specialist as required.

Skills

Post graduate specialist experience

Elderly care knowledge

Neurological knowledge

Musculoskeletal knowledge

Post-graduate training in management

Teaching and supervising staff

Research or audit experience

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registered

Job description

Experienced Rotational Occupational Therapist

PLEASE NOTE: PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT REAPPLY

Band 6 Experienced Rotational Occupational Therapist

Are you passionate about delivering high quality, patient-centred care and keen to develop your occupational therapy knowledge and skills?

Come and work for the Therapy Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital! We are an aspirational Therapy team, our mission is to deliver a high quality, modern, patient-centred service.

We work very closely with our Physiotherapy colleagues which we find gives us maximum opportunity for development and learning. We encourage active involvement in service development and leadership at Band 6 level. There are many opportunities for personal and professional development.

The rotations include:

• Orthopaedics (elective and trauma) and Surgery (planned and emergency).
• Paediatrics.
• Medicine (Cardiac, Renal, Respiratory, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Gastro, Haematology and Oncology).
• Elderly Care (including Hip Fragility Unit).
• Front Door Services (Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit and Short Stay Unit).
• Acute Stroke Unit.

Your career progression and professional development will be keenly supported by our Therapies Leadership Team and our Practice Education Team.

We attract Occupational Therapists from all over the country and internationally. If you'd like to see more about what we do, please go to our twitter @rbhtherapyteam.

Main duties of the job

• To be an experienced occupational therapist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
• To participate in the operational management and clinical leadership of occupational therapy in conjunction with the Band 7 Team Lead and/or Advanced Specialist OT.
• To use specialist occupational therapy knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the occupational therapy team and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
• To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient occupational therapy service in designated area.
• To be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development in these departments.
• To deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead/Advanced Specialist as required.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do!https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person Specification

Other

• Car driver with UK driving licence, able to drive pool car for access visits

Knowledge/Skills & Experience

• Post graduate specialist experience as demonstrated by ongoing CPD , evidence-based project work, post graduate teaching
• Understanding of a broad range of Elderly care, Medical, Neurological, musculoskeletal &orthopaedic or surgical conditions
• Post-graduate training in the management of conditions
• Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
• Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students
• Specialist knowledge in related area
• Research or audit experience

Qualifications

• Degree or other recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registered

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.