Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Are you a band 5 or 6 looking to gain further rotational experience in the acute setting? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5/6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, innovative and dynamic Therapies team at Kettering General Hospital.

The Therapy team holds a high profile within the wider trust and is at the forefront of many service development strategies, continually developing and introducing new, pioneering prospects for the service.

Our Therapy Service provides high-quality assessment and treatment, beginning in A&E and Urgent Care areas, following patients through to the wards (Specialties include Acute Medicine, Endocrinology, Care of the Elderly, Haematology, Cardiorespiratory, Surgery, Orthopaedics - trauma, elective and hand therapy).

If you are ready to take on your first leadership role and specialise within acute care then this post is ideally suited to you.

Main duties of the job

Please apply for the following post if you are:

• A recently qualified Band 5,  who will be interested in an accelerated Band 5 to 6 Development Programme – this is a supported programme focusing on developing your leadership skills and, practice development training while consolidating your clinical experience. You will have regular supervision to facilitate your personal and professional development from band 5 to band 6.
• An existing Band 6 looking for the next step in your career or to gain some more experience to consolidate and develop your existing clinical and leadership skills further.

All posts are supported with regular supervision, in-service training, leadership development programmes and appraisals.

This post is 37.5 hours and all posts will be expected to work across seven days

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Band 6 Occupational Therapist job description and personal specification for full details of the role.