Band 6 - Occupational Therapist, Orthopaedic and Surgical team
A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and supportive Occupational Therapy team in the Inpatient therapy department at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for a 12 months fixed term period.
This post would be suitable for current Band 6s or experienced Band 5s looking to progress their career within orthopaedics and surgery. You will be based on the acute hospital wards, so acute NHS experience is essential for this role.
You will have the chance to develop your specialist OT skills in managing complex trauma, orthopaedics, acute surgical, and amputee patients, working alongside a well-established multi-disciplinary team.
As part of this role, you will also contribute to the wider inpatient therapy team and participate in the 7-day working rota (~1:6 weekends), with rest days allocated the following week.
As part of the team, you will clinically manage a caseload, completing detailed assessment & treatments in Orthopaedic and Surgical specialities, with patients who have complex needs including trauma, Orthopaedics, acute surgery & amputees.
You should have a caring, committed and quality focused approach to the provision of patient care.
Discharge planning skills are key to this post, and you will need to be able to make timely decisions regarding transfer to community services and managing referrals to specialist units.
Your development will be supported by Band 7 therapists with regular supervisions and appraisals and the opportunity to complete further CPD.
You will need to be a dynamic team player with excellent communication skills and the opportunity to teach, supervise and appraise more junior staff, assistants and students.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact westherts.recruitment@nhs.net
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If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and details about the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Feb 2025