Senior Occupational Therapist

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a highly skilled Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Friary Hospital and community team. You will manage a large, complex caseload, working across in-patient and community settings to maximise patient function and support discharge planning under Therapy Lead guidance.

The role requires independent practice, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the ability to travel to other sites within the trust as needed.

Qualifications

• Senior Occupational Therapist with ability to manage highly complex cases.
• Advises other professionals including medical staff and social care colleagues.
• Able to work independently and within the Therapy team to cover in-patients and community caseload.
• Flexible, with willingness to travel within the trust to access other sites.

Responsibilities

• Maximise patient function and support discharge to chosen destination.
• Provide specialist assessment across physical, psychological, social, and productivity domains.
• Collaborate closely with ward nursing staff and discharge planning as Therapy Lead.

Job description

We are seeking a motivated, flexible, skilled Occupational Therapist with a special interest in Rehabilitation to join our integrated Therapy team at the Friary hospital to maximise patient's function and support them to return to their chosen discharge destination.

We work very closely with the nursing team on the ward, and the discharge planning process is Therapy Lead. The Victoria Ward at the Friary Hospital provides a key service for the population of Richmondshire to enable them to receive intervention closer to home. We receive patients from a range of different hospital trusts in the area.

We work closely with the Community Therapy teams in Hambleton and Richmondshire and there may be occasions when we are required to support them, given that we cover a large rural geographical area there is an expectation that you will be able to travel independently in order to access other sites within the trust as well as complete rehab in the community for a period of up to 2 weeks post discharge.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role., To work as a senior Occupational Therapist within the therapy team at the Friary Hospital and the community therapy team at a highly specialised and advanced level, managing highly complex cases where there may be multiple pathologies.

To act as a highly specialised resource and provide advice to other professionals including medical staff, specialist nurses, social workers, and other therapists regarding older people for a wide range of individuals.

To be able to act both independently and as part of the Therapy team to manage a large caseload of in-patients with needs which are often highly complex as well as patient's in the community who have recently been discharged from the ward.

Undertake specialist assessment in relation to their physical, psychological, social and productivity circumstances and needs

This role does include Bank Holiday working, excluding Christmas Day

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.