Occupational Therapist

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS organization in Greater London seeks an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to provide high-quality interventions across various clinical settings. The role involves working in a seven-day service, supporting a diverse patient group while developing key clinical and leadership skills. Applicants should have a Diploma/Degree in OT and relevant post-registration experience. This position offers excellent training opportunities and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Access to a variety of education and training opportunities

Robust personal development program

Qualifications

• Post registration experience as an OT in relevant clinical settings.
• Documented evidence of CPD in accordance with HCPC recommendations.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality occupational therapy interventions to a variety of patients.
• Contribute to the acute hospital occupational therapy weekend service provision.

Skills

Application of Risk Management

Ability to supervise other staff

Ability to deliver training

Ability to keep accurate patient notes

Ability to cope with challenging situations

Ability to work as an effective team member

Education

Diploma/Degree in OT

Member of the Health Care Professions Council

Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist with post qualification experience to join our team at Whipps Cross. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced OTs looking for the next challenge and wanting to develop clinical & leadership skills across a wide and varied settings.

We offer fantastic Band 6 rotation opportunities that will help you to develop and consolidate your skills in:

• Hand Therapy
• Stroke and Neurotherapy
• Orthopaedics
• Surgery, Critical Care and Amputees
• Medicine and Palliative Care
• Older People Services / Care of the Elderly
• Emergency Therapy Team (Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Units)

We are able to offer the benefits of working in one of the largest NHS organisations in the country, with access to a variety of education and training opportunities and a robust personal development program. We offer Professional OT support and development provided from the on‑site OT Clinical Leads in conjunction with the OT/PT Clinical Lead. In addition to site‑based In‑service Training, we provide a Trust‑wide post‑core programme. We have a dedicated departmental Practice Development team to support your learning and development.

The service operates a seven day service covering core hours between 8am and 6pm. You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who is prepared to work across a 7 day rota.

For further information please contact Brad Hodgekiss on 02085395522 and page 2698 or email [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality occupational therapy interventions to a wide variety of patients including the advanced assessment and treatment of patients, provision of individual and group education and treatment, provision of assistive devices (orthotics) and equipment, minor structural home adaptations and provision of complex disability management and advocacy services.

To contribute to the acute hospital occupational therapy weekend service provision.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Post registration experience as an OT.
• Post registration experience in relevant clinical settings: Acute hospital setting, elderly medicine, community.
• Documented evidence of CPD, in accordance with HCPC recommendations
• Experience of working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Advice, training and support to more junior staff, assistants and students.
• Experience of audit/research.
• Member of a relevant specific interest group.

Skills

• Application of Risk Management
• Ability to supervise other staff eg more junior staff / assistants / students.
• Ability to deliver training both internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate IM&T skills.Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Ability to cope with challenging situations and with emotional or aggressive patients/carers.
• After induction, to be able to actively participate as an appraiser to the Trust appraisal system
• Ability to work as an effective team member

Knowledge

• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics.
• Broad knowledge of current best practice in OT in acute physical, community and rehab setting.
• Detailed knowledge risk management
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its implication for services
• Understanding and compliance with Data Protection & Confidentiality

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in OT
• Member of the Health Care Professions Council
• Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy

Other

• Ability to gain patient's trust and to engender a feeling of confidence and safety
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility and reliabilityAble to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities.Commitment to non‑discriminatory practice.

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.