Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for full and part time permanent band 5 occupational therapists to join our rotation programme. This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, knowledge and leadership across a range of settings including acute and community teams. The rotational post would be suitable for someone seeking to develop their clinical and leadership skills  in a wide range of specialities.

You will benefit from working in a busy NHS Trust offering rotational experience in the following:  Medicine, Community, Respiratory, Neurology/Stroke, and Orthopaedics. Some of the rotations require seven-day rostering so you will need to be flexible to support this. Venues for delivering our services include inpatient wards, patients’ homes and community bases.

Main duties of the job

To provide assessments and interventions with patients within the rotational settings. To participate in professional supervision and training, building upon the skills and knowledge as you progress. To assist the team in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the service provided to patients.  To contribute to service improvements to ensure practice is of the highest quality, evidence based and meets the needs of the local population.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description for more information

Job responsibilities:

1.1       To undertake all professional duties as an Occupational Therapist maintaining high professional standards, complying at all times with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards of conduct and the College of Occupational Therapists code of ethics and professional conduct.

1.2       To undertake a variety of placements within the band 5 rotation scheme. Current rotations include acute, community, social services and mental health settings. We pride ourselves on being able to offer an extensive rotational experience including: medicine, neurology, orthopaedics, surgery, mental health, community physical and social services with the Homefirst and neighbourhood teams.

Community and social services posts are located at various sites across West Suffolk.

Rotations involve managing a caseload of patients with complex needs who need to be assessed in a timely manner. The therapist will be actively developing their knowledge and skills to enable effective intervention with a range of conditions.

1.3           To undertake appropriate assessment programmes to determine patient needs and prioritise patients treated according to need.