Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Scunthorpe

Job overview

We have an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic band 5 Occupational Therapist to work  along side the Rapid therapy assessment team at Scunthopre Hospital. You will provide assessment on shirt stay working with the seniors in the team, working in a and e and short stay areas.

This is an exciting opportunity for occupational therapists to gain skills and experience working across both acute and community services.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will receive formal support from senior staff within the team together with preceptorship in your first year and regular supervision and Appraisal. You will be responsible for the day to day management of your own caseload of patients and participate in quality assurance processes for the allocation of the work.

The rotations include community settings and outreach therefore you will be required to be able to travel across the county within your duties. You will have the opportunity to work very closely with social care staff and nurses.  As a junior clinician you will hold a standard case load and you will have the ability and support to make clinical evidenced based decisions across a range of physical patient conditions. You will be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, manage and prioritise your case load.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

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We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

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