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Occupational Therapist – Rehabilitation and Recovery Unit

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Profession
Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
21 Oct 2024
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
07 Oct 2024

Job overview

Within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Integrated Integrated Care System, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (SCHT) are committed to integrating to provide improved seamless pathways of care for patients. This is an exciting time to join SCHT as we work in partnership with SaTH – our Acute Partners.

This is your opportunity to join us and be part of the next step in this journey with the introduction of our community Rehabilitation and Recovery Units.

You will be working for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust working cross-site at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the care of patients enabling them to step down to their normal place of residence faster

As a registered Occupational Therapist you will be experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment with knowledge of  IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).

Main duties of the job

  • You will be patient focussed and have the ability to carry out comprehensive assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
  • To provide holistic and person-centred care and support community patients in a subacute setting.
  • Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient’s physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
  • To complete Occupational Therapy assessments of patients with diverse presentations, with complex physical and psychological diagnoses, to inform treatment planning based around agreed and realistic goals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.