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, developing their leadership skills, 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 as services grow and develop.

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, including weekends and BH.

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 B5s OTs, with robust B5 postgraduate experience, having completed multiple 6m rotations in different clinical areas, or equivalent experience, demonstrating a wide knowledge of conditions and treatments.

This may suit you if you wish to gain wider experience in acute care by rotating every 9m to a different clinical speciality, and have already started your leadership and management journey

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: •    Robust postgraduate experience of working across multiple clinical areas/6m rotations in the acute setting, or equivalent, demonstrating a broad knowledge base. •    Evidence of postgraduate personal development to support enhanced skills and decision-making •    Postgraduate experience in assessment, provision and fitting of specialist/complex equipment including managing pressure care •    Experience supervising your own OT student, or therapy support staff •    Clear expressed reasoning to work in this B6 OT rotational post within UHS

Desirable skills needed:

• Evidence of developing leadership skills through department or team responsibility •    Postgraduate involvement in audit/research/clinical project/service development •    Evidence of providing teaching to therapy staff and students

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

Please note: 1. Interviews will be held on 12th or 14th August, with face-to-face interviews only due to a practical interview component. If you cannot attend an interview in person, please do not apply as no virtual alternative can be offered. 2. As part of the interview involves a practical assessment, please wear smart, comfortable clothing. 3. We are advertising a progressive B5-6 post as well, please apply for the one that you fit best and not both. 4. We do not accept CV applications. 5. This post is for qualified OTs with robust postgraduate experience and not new graduates, please enquire about our newly qualified B5 opportunities. 6. We may offer fixed term opportunities through this advert and may put people on a reserve list for future equivalent opportunities.

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.