Occupational Therapist

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave

NHS Pension

Discount schemes

Wellbeing services

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking experienced occupational therapists and support workers to join the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, delivering high-quality specialist spinal rehabilitation. You will manage caseloads, conduct assessments, and work within a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient-centred care.

There are opportunities for ongoing education and to develop skills alongside experts in this specialist field, with flexible and agile working

Qualifications

• Experience in spinal rehabilitation or related fields.
• Ability to manage a caseload of patients with complex presentations.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and liaise with community services.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat and evaluate patients with spinal injuries.
• Collaborate with physiotherapy and other professionals.
• Contribute to audits, service development and research projects.

Skills

Neurorehabilitation

Wheelchair services

Hand therapy

Paediatrics

Job description

Do you have experience in the field of neurorehabilitation, wheelchair services, hand therapy or paediatrics? Come and join our dynamic team of occupational therapists and support workers providing high quality specialist spinal rehabilitation at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The National Spinal Injuries Centre has a long history and is the largest of the UK spinal centres with 102 beds. The OTs are an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team and help to deliver the service including key working responsibilities. There are opportunities for ongoing education and to develop your skills working with experts in this specialist field., Manage a caseload of patients with spinal cord injury and be responsible for the assessment, treatment and evaluation of these individuals. Your patients will have complex presentations and you will need to draw on your years of experience in a wide variety of settings to ensure all interaction is patient centred. Close collaboration with colleagues in physiotherapy is essential. Supervision of staff and providing education for patients and their families is key to this role as is liaison with community services. You will be involved in departmental audit, service development and research projects as well as being involved in the management of the service on a day to day basis.

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.