Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Maternity Cover - Rotational Occupational Therapist Band 6

The Great Western Hospital are looking to recruit a fixed term Band 6 Occupational Therapists as part of our rotational programme. We would be open to welcoming applications from current Band 5 OT’s wanting to develop into a Band 6 role.

Our Band 6 Rotational Programme includes gaining valuable experience in the below areas:

• Orthopaedic Therapy - Trauma and Elective
• Acute Occupational Therapy - Medicine and Surgery
• Front Door Therapy - Emergency care and Admission Avoidance

If you would like to find out more information about these opportunities or to arrange a brief department walk around, please get in touch with Louise White or Briony Howard on 01793 646141 or [email protected] or [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you!

Main duties of the job

• The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational Therapy intervention to each service within the rotation.
• To participate in the Band 6 Rotation Scheme – within Acute Occupational Therapy, Orthopaedic Therapy and Front Door Therapy Services.
• To be aware of the total therapy needs of the team, the changing demands and take action in consultation with the Team Leaders to fulfil these needs.
• To be able to be proactive at delivering therapeutic interventions within a timely manner to enable patients to maintain their independence, identifying when patients would benefit from further rehabilitation and support services and to refer on to other services appropriately.
• To provide clinical leadership and specialist advice, through the supervision, coaching and education, for less experienced occupational therapists, rehabilitation assistants, students, support workers and other members of the interdisciplinary team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To participate in the Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation programme.
• To assist with the continuous service development of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
• To hold responsibility for own case load, working without direct supervision.
• To manage complex diverse cases which may include medical, neurological, traumatic brain injury, surgical, orthopaedic, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric conditions.
• The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week