Senior Occupational Therapist

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

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Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated experienced Occupational Therapist to work as a key member of the inpatient stroke therapy team at Kings Mill Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us at a time where we are expanding our therapy workforce, with a commitment to delivering outstanding outcomes for patients recovering from stroke across mid Nottinghamshire.

Working alongside specialist clinicians, as part of the dedicated MDT across a diversity of patient profile with hyper acute, acute and rehabilitation needs.

Our facility at Kings Mill Hospital provides a superb environment to facilitate this, with a purpose built therapy gym and unit dedicated to stroke.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Working for our organisation

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care.

The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last five years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Sound Clinical knowledge of core conditions and applied therapy techniques
• Ability to prioritise & work under pressure
• Delegation skills
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• As an autonomous practitioner, is able to work as a team member as well as alone but with access to more senior colleague
• IT skills - basic
• Knowledge of NHS procedures, policies and guidelines
• Ability to formulate and develop specialised individual treatment programmes and ability in using clinical reasoning skills based on current best practice

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC
• Membership of relevant Professional Body
• Evidence of experience in the form of an up to date professional development portfolio

Further

• Attendance at relevant clinical post graduate courses taught often at modular Masters level and relevant to all core specialities
• Practice Placement Educators training / clinical supervisors training

• Leadership Training

Experience

• NHS experience
• Significant post graduate experience with recent experience working within the speciality of stroke
• Experience of working with a variety of therapeutic approaches
• Experience of audit and service review
• Experience of supervising other staff and students
• Evidence of contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, assistants and students

Contractual

• Ability to travel between Kings Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital
• Ability to work over 7 days

• Ability to drive
• Car owner

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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

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The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

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