Rotational Occupational Therapist

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital trust in Canterbury is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join their diverse and supportive team. The role involves assessing and treating patients, developing individualized treatment plans, and supporting the clinical supervision of therapy assistants and students. Ideal candidates are compassionate and motivated to contribute to patient care and improvement initiatives within a multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Must be an autonomous practitioner within the Scope of Practice.
• Ability to assess and treat patients with holistic Occupational Therapy interventions.
• Must demonstrate clinical reasoning and goal setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients based on their needs.
• Develop and implement Occupational Therapy treatment plans.
• Support clinical supervision of Therapy Assistants and Students.

Job description

Overview

Our rotations are broad and diverse due to the span of clinical specialities delivered by the Trust and will support you in gaining experience across core and specialist areas, including: Critical Care; General and specialist surgery; Trauma; Elective Orthopaedics; Hand therapy; Hyper-acute Stroke and Acute Stroke; Inpatient Neurorehabilitation Unit; Acute Medicine, including medical respiratory and renal; Frailty; Vascular surgery and outpatients. We offer CPD support and learning opportunities across all of our specialities which includes robust stroke and neurology teaching programme and rotation specific in-service training programmes. We also encourage all staff to be research active and offer opportunities to be involved in clinical audit, service improvement and innovation. Applications from Students in their final year of study are very welcome. Upon joining us we will support you through your probation and your preceptorship year and will guide you through your onward development as an Occupational Therapist. You will receive regular clinical supervision and training opportunities as well as the opportunity for band 5 peer support sessions.

Responsibilities

• To assess and treat patients, providing holistic Occupational Therapy intervention as an autonomous practitioner within Scope of Practice
• Develop Occupational Therapy treatment plans, demonstrating clear clinical reasoning and goal setting.
• To be clinically curious and work within the multidisciplinary environment of the acute hospital to provide excellent intervention for patients
• To support clinical supervision of Therapy Assistants and Students where appropriate
• To be an active member of the wider therapy and AHP team and advocate for their profession where appropriate

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It\'s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We\'re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.