Senior Occupational Therapist – Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) - NHS
Job overview
Acute Stroke Unit
Advanced Occupational Therapist
An exciting post has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic multidisciplinary team on the Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) in providing holistic, patient-centred Occupational Therapy that empowers patients to achieve their goals.The post offers the opportunity to further extend your knowledge and skills in stroke care and to actively contribute to developing the Occupational Therapy service in this specialist area.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of the wider Occupational Therapy team which embraces change to ensure practice is in line with current evidence-base, national and local polices, and within the scope of professional standards. The team prides itself in its positive working culture, where effort is acknowledged, differences are respected and opportunities for progress are facilitated.Lifelong learning and career mapping is supported by regular supervision, annual appraisals, a new senior CPD teaching programme, and access to some funding for external training courses.
You will also be expected to contribute to the weekend and bank holiday rota via our Bank Partners.
Just like anywhere in the UK health economy, we are aiming towards seven day working so this is likely to become part of your job description in the future.
We are committed to close partnership working across HRCH, Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust and Your Healthcare to provide excellence in patient care across our organisational boundaries. Within Occupational Therapy we aim to provide employment opportunities to enhance understanding and collaborative working through secondments to our partner organisations.
Working for our organisation
Trust Culture and Values
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our four values are that we are all:
Compassionate: treating everyone with kindness, understanding and empathyInclusive: being respectful, fair and open, embracing everyone’s unique contribution
Collaborative: working together across our teams and with our partners and are helpful, positive and supportive
Inspiring: striving for the best for patients, staff and partners and are always learning and improving
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting document attached, ensuring that your application refers specifically to the person specifications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Diploma/degree in OT
- HCPC Registration
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria- Minimum of 18 months post qualification as Band 5 OT
- NHS experience
- Experience in an acute hospital setting
- Experience in elderly care or neuro rehabilitation
- Experience in multi-disciplinary work
- Documented evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- Konwledge, Skills and Abilities as detailed in the Person Specification