Rotational Occupational Therapist

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust's Occupational Therapy service is seeking to expand its Rehabilitation team, offering a diverse range of rotations across frailty, acute medicine, surgery, orthopaedics and acute stroke, with support from senior therapists.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, gain exposure to enable patients to achieve goals, participate in preceptorship and regular supervision, and take part in a digital transformation project including

Qualifications

• Full functional assessment and analysis of patients’ physical presentation
• Assessments for activities of daily living
• Advice on energy conservation/adaptation
• Educating patients and carers in safe use of equipment
• Adapting and evaluating rehabilitation treatment programmes
• Assessment of hoists and other patient handling equipment
• Facilitating normal movement of upper limb
• Administering standardised assessments

Job description

Our dedicated Rehabilitation team have an exciting opportunity for those wanting to gain experience in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Our Trust offer a fantastic array of development programmes to accelerate continued professional development.

You will be joining the Rehabilitation Service which includes Physiotherapy and un-registered staff, who are all working together with the vision of promoting therapy and patient independence across all areas of the Trust.

You will work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including our community partners, to provide a holistic, patient centred Occupational Therapy service that empowers patients to achieve their goals.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills within frailty, acute medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, and acute stroke with support from senior Occupational Therapists. You will also have the opportunity to undertake rotations within our Paediatric Team!

Each team are committed to supporting individuals with continued professional development, offering preceptorship, regular clinical and managerial supervision, and team development.

There is also an opportunity to take part in regular peer supervision, co-lead journal club and attend training sessions specifically for staff, led by senior staff.

• Full functional assessment and analysis of patients’ physical presentation
• Assessments for activities of daily living which will incorporate home, work, school, and leisure activities
• Advice on energy conservation/adaptation. This includes transfers, mobility, personal care, and domestic activities
• Prescribing, and arranging provision of equipment. Educating patients and carers in safe use of equipment
• Adapting and evaluating rehabilitation treatment programmes which will include the assessment and fabrication of static hand orthoses
• Assessing patients requiring more than one member of staff for transfers
• Assessment of hoists and other patient handling equipment
• Facilitation of normal movement of upper limb
• Administering standardised assessments.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.

We love working here and think you will too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Lovelock Job title: Occupational Therapist Acute and Elderly Medicine Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01553 613613