Rotational Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen on the band 6 Occupational Therapy general rotation at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a rotational post, aimed at consolidating and enhancing knowledge and experience across acute rotations at The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital, Tertiary Centre for heart and cancer care. The role provides high quality patient assessment, treatment and intervention as part the specialist therapy team on each rotation. We are looking for a highly skilled, innovative and passionate individual to join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy team. The Royal London Hospital & St Bartholomew's Hospital Band 6 Occupational Therapy rotation involves 9-month rotations across a range of diverse areas. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, autonomous and dynamic individual who is committed to further improving their clinical assessment and activity analysis skills and providing high quality, timely and effective services to patients and the organisation. We offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete Quality Improvement and Audit projects, we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. Within the Band 6 rotation you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervisory skills through supporting and supervising junior therapists, students and therapy support workers., This is a rotational post, aimed at consolidating and enhancing knowledge and experience across acute rotations at The Royal London Hospital, Major Trauma Centre and St Bartholomew's Hospital, Tertiary Centre for heart and cancer care. The role provides high quality patient assessment, treatment and intervention as part the specialist therapy team on each rotation.

• oDiploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
• oValid HCPC registration
• oEvidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
• oMember of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Experience Essential
• oExperience across core rotations
• oMinimum NHS experience
Desirable
• oSupervision skills
• oPractice educators training
Skills Essential
• oAbility to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
• oAbility to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
• oAbility to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.
Desirable
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of sitting and seating
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of postural management
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of upper limb assessment and treatment
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of energy conservation/fatigue management
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of therapeutic manual handling
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of cognitive assessment and treatment
• Specialist clinical skills/interest in terms of capacity assessment
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• oDiploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
• oValid HCPC registration
• oEvidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
• oMember of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Experience Essential
• oExperience across core rotations
• oMinimum NHS experience
Desirable
• oSupervision skills
• oPractice educators training
Skills Essential
• oAbility to risk assess and carry out patient assessment, treatment sessions and discharge
• oAbility to assess and treat cognitive and affective impairment, its impact on function
• oAbility to structure holistic assessment and the OT process within a framework that provides clear clinical reasoning.
  
  Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.