Rotational Occupational Therapist

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Flexible working options

Job summary

ESNEFT is the largest NHS Trust in the East of England, offering varied rotational placements for Occupational Therapists within acute and community settings. The role provides opportunities to develop core clinical skills across trauma, neurology, stroke, older adults, and more.

You will work within an award-winning integrated therapies team, with a strong emphasis on patient-centred, quality care, CPD and potential progression to advanced practice.

Qualifications

• Must be registered or nearing registration in Occupational Therapy.
• Strong communication and organisational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Rotations across acute and community settings to develop clinical skills.
• Deliver patient-centred care as part of an integrated therapies team.
• Engage in CPD and opportunities for career progression.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Autonomous practice

Education

BSc/MSc in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Are you a current B5 Occupational Therapist, Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist or completing your MSc or BSc in Occupational Therapy looking to start your career in a dynamic, supportive and exciting environment with a lot of different learning opportunities? At ESNEFT, we are the largest Trust in the East of England with a fully integrated therapy service working across acute services and in the community.

We are looking for talented Occupational Therapists with commitment and enthusiasm, who are keen to learn and have the ambition to be the best they can be. Our vision for the next five years is to be recognised as the hospital of choice by placing patients at the centre of everything we do, based on principles of quality and safety, access and accountability and continuous improvement.

We are proud to offer a diverse range of rotations across the acute setting and community settings. These are ideal positions for new graduates and will offer you the opportunity to develop your clinical skills across a range of core rotations including:

• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Neurology
• Stroke
• Older People's Services
• Surgery
• General medical
• 'REACT' team (admission avoidance, emergency department and falls/frailty clinics)
• Ipswich West Integrated Neighbourhood Team

You will work as part of an award winning progressive and innovative integrated therapies team to deliver patient-centred, quality care. We have a robust band 5 meeting schedule and offer frequent peer support opportunities.

The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area.

You will demonstrate good communication and organisation skills, and work as part of a large service both as an effective team member and an autonomous practitioner. Our workforce is fully committed to staff development and CPD, with opportunities to specialise and for onward career progression through to Extended Scope Practitioner level.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.