Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Would you like to continue your professional development within a supportive and innovative Occupational Therapy Service? If so, join our OT Team at Prince Charles Hospital.

We offer excellent learning and development opportunities, including a Band 6 Development Framework, personalised training passport and strong peer support to help you enhance your specialist clinical, leadership and management skills.

Working as part of a close multidisciplinary team, you will partner with patients to identify meaningful goals, undertake comprehensive assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions and support individuals to maximise independence and achieve timely discharge from hospital.

The post holder will manage an independent caseload, providing high-quality occupational therapy assessment and intervention across acute medical and orthopaedic services, with a commitment to person-centred, evidence-based care.

A unique aspect of this role is the opportunity to support the development of Occupational Therapy within the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU). With supervision from an experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapist, you will gain specialist critical care rehabilitation skills while helping shape this developing service.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, Principal Occupational Therapist, Discharge Liaison Team and Local Authority partners to support effective cross-boundary working and positive patient outcomes throughout the care pathway.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention, rehabilitation and discharge planning for patients across acute services, supporting safe, timely and person-centred discharge from hospital while maximising independence and enabling individuals to remain at home wherever possible.

You will manage an independent caseload and work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based Occupational Therapy interventions. You will also support the supervision and development of junior staff and Occupational Therapy students.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. You will be committed to delivering high-quality patient care and driving service improvement through evidence-based practice, audit, research and quality improvement activities.

A unique aspect of this role is the opportunity to contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy service within the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU). Supported by an experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapist, you will develop specialist critical care rehabilitation skills while helping shape this evolving service.

The successful candidate will be flexible, responsive to service needs and able to prioritise a varied caseload to ensure timely intervention, rehabilitation and discharge planning.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. Whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to communicate in Welsh during routine clinical situations, such as welcoming patients, discussing straightforward aspects of their care and answering routine questions. If you’re comfortable holding everyday conversations in Welsh, we encourage you to apply. Your Welsh language skills will help us provide person-centred care and enable patients to receive services in their language of choice. Have a look at our ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below for more information.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable