Occupational Therapist - Wheelchair Services

You will be providing assessment, reassessment, and handover of a wide range of wheelchairs, seating, pressure relief cushions, and accessories in relation to postural and mobility needs. This will include manual and power wheelchairs, specialist buggies and seating systems.

Assessments will be undertaken in clinic and in a variety of community venues, so the ability to travel to all rural locations is essential.

We work with children from 3 years old and adults with neurological, medical, orthopaedic and surgical conditions, with varying complexity. Specific wheelchair skills, knowledge and training will be provided.

Do you have an interest in posture management and seating?

Do you have a problem-solving approach?

Would you like the challenge and satisfaction of working in a community setting with children and adults?

We are looking for a passionate Occupational Therapist to join our Wheelchair Service Team, to work alongside our Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist and Rehabilitation Engineering colleagues. We are based in a community setting in Ipswich.

This is a unique role, which would be suitable for career progression, allowing development of skills in this specialism. A secondment opportunity or a development post for a band 5 with experience may be considered.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

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