Band 6 - Occupational Therapist, Medical team | West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated occupational therapist candidate to join a well established therapy team in the Inpatient therapy department at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as part of #TeamWestHerts at Watford Hospital.

This is a full time post focusing on excellent care in a fast paced environment, and we would welcome existing Band 6 Occupational therapists who are looking to specialise in Medical care and those experienced Band 5's who are looking for the next step in their career. This post is based on acute hospital wards and NHS experience is essential.

As part of the Medical therapy team you will clinically manage a caseload, completing detailed assessment & treatments in medical specialities, with patients who have complex needs including neurology & falls management. You should have a caring, committed and quality focused approach to the provision of patient care.

The medical team is a collaborative working team with integrated working with the Physiotherapists, with a chance to advance your skills through upskilling. 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., In this post your development will be supported by Band 7 therapists. 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.

There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust!

Major redevelopment works are planned as part of the New Hospital Programme. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.

The trust has recently gained 'teaching hospital' status which reflects the dedicated work of many teams and individuals who have set the standard for delivering high quality training, learning and education at all levels of the workforce.

The team is 7 day working and this post would be included in that rota (frequency of 1:6 weekends) with rest days in the following week.