Specialist Occupational Therapist - rotational

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapists, with robust postgraduate experience, who are looking to progress to a B6 post and who feel they would benefit from working across a wide range of speciality clinical area before choosing their main area of interest. The current rotations are in proportionate care, critical care, cancer care, surgery, CT, medicine, MOP, vascular, AMU, paediatrics, ortho and neurology, however these are subject to change.

You will be responsible for managing a varied and complex caseload as well as supporting & supervising B3-5 therapy staff & students. All our therapy staff are required to be able to undertake flexible working over a 7-day period.

This post is part of the wider Therapy services department. You will have many opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge through our in-service training. You will be part of a large department of over 300 therapy staff including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy support staff, so will have peer support available to you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is suitable for qualified OTs, who already have B5 postgraduate experience, who wish to gain wider experience in acute care by rotating every 9m to a different clinical speciality, and who want to learn and understand more about leadership and management.

There will be regular clinical supervision as well as peer support. There are also opportunities for involvement in audit, research & service development is always encouraged as we strive for new & innovative ways of working.

Please ensure you fulfil all the essential criteria and have read the job description before applying.

As well as the person specification, we are looking for people with the following skills specific to this post:

Essential skills: •    Postgraduate experience of working across several clinical areas/rotations in the acute setting, demonstrating a broad knowledge base. •    Postgraduate experience in assessment, provision and fitting of specialist/complex equipment  •    Evidence of day-to-day supervision and management of B2-4 staff, or evidence of being a named supervisor to therapy students on placements •    Clear expressed reasoning of why you want to work in this rotational B6 OT post within UHS

Desirable skills needed:  •    Postgraduate involvement in audit/research/clinical project/service development •    Evidence of providing teaching to therapy staff and students •    Understanding of complex equipment needs including managing pressure care

Training and support can be offered to meet your learning requirements.

Please note: •    Interviews will be held on Thursday 1st July, with face-to-face interviews only due to a practical interview component. No virtual option will be possible, please only apply if you can attend in person. •    As part of the interview involves a practical assessment, please wear smart, comfortable clothing. •    This is NOT a post for a newly qualified graduate, please enquire about our B5 opportunities. •    We do not accept CV applications.

We actively encourage all potential applicants to contact us to ask any questions you may have.

For other therapy career opportunities please email [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you.