Specialist Occupational Therapist - General Surgery & Orthopaedics

Job overview

We are looking to recruit an innovative and enthusiastic occupational therapist to join the surgical and orthopaedic therapy team, comprising qualified and assistant therapy staff within the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

We require a highly specialised Band 7 Occupational Therapist, with previous experience working in the areas of orthopaedics, plastics and general surgery, providing intervention to patients experiencing a wide range of conditions, whose needs are often challenging and complex.

The post holder will carry a varied caseload of elective orthopaedic and surgical patients, including patients having undergone surgical management of oncological diagnoses under Plastics, Urology, ENT and General Surgery at Charing Cross Hospital.

The successful applicant will also be responsible for managing inpatient referrals, and overseeing the day to day work load, supervision and appraisal of junior staff.  They will also work closely supporting the service lead in improving efficiencies and developing services.

This post is currently based mainly at Charing Cross Hospital but the post-holder may be required to cover the trauma and surgery wards at St Mary’s Hospital as service needs dictate. This post is fixed term until January 2027.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for performing advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex medical, physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised management/treatment programme.
• Following assessment the post holder will be responsible for making therapeutic and/or clinical diagnoses and treating their own caseload of specialised and complex patients/clients and maintaining associated records.
• The post holder may lead a team and be responsible for providing an advanced standard of care to patients at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, which covers a multi-cultural and diverse population.
• The post holder will supervise the work of other more junior staff and support workers.
• The post holder may be rotational and will be expected to work across all sites of the ICHNT.
• The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in contributing to the planning, coordination, development and evaluation of the service. Together with other senior staff, you will act as a resource of specialist advice to the rest of the therapy service and other professions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.