Senior Occupational Therapist

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Burslem; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust invites applications for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Department. The post rotates across a range of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas, including Critical Care, Palliative Care, Frail Elderly, Emergency Portals, Medicine and Orthopaedics.

You will contribute to discharge planning, cognitive and functional assessments and equipment provision, within a large teaching hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across specialist inpatient and outpatient areas including Critical Care, Palliative Care and Orthopaedics.
• Support early rehabilitation, functional and cognitive assessments and discharge planning.
• Assist with equipment provision, seating and manual handling as part of complex care.
• Contribute to rapid decision making and admission/discharge planning across multiple pathways.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Cognitive assessment

Discharge planning

Splinting & casting

Dementia care

Falls management

Non-invasive ventilation knowledge

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Department at the University Hospitals of North Midlands., The post rotates across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas which include:

• Critical Care - early rehabilitation of trauma, surgical, medial and neurological patients, including cognitive assessment, functional assessment, splinting and casting.
• Palliative Care - oncology/renal conditions, fast track D/C planning & complex manual handling assessments & equipment provision. Long term life limiting conditions and challenging conversations.
• Frail Elderly - frailty management, patients with dementia, falls management, complex discharge planning.
• Emergency Portals - rapid decision making in relation to d/c planning and equipment provision & admission avoidance. Working across A+E and same day discharge wards.
• Medicine - wide range of medical conditions including Non-Invasive Ventilation, MND, Cardiology & post Critical Care Step down, complex d/c planning, specific knowledge in seating wheelchairs.
• Orthopaedics - At County we also offer input to elective orthopaedics supporting complex discharges.
  The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.

Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.