Specialist Occupational Therapist - Critical Care

The successful candidate will work alongside Physiotherapists, Therapy support workers and the wider critical care multi-disciplinary team providing patient centred care, helping to optimise recovery through engagement in physical, cognitive and psychological therapies supporting patients and their families and provide advice and support with discharge planning
All of our specialist Occupational Therapists receive supervision and mentorship from a member of our highly specialist team who will offer direction in terms of clinical development and leadership development.
Please note that NHS experience is essential for this position., + To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
+ The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow that is safe and timely.
+ To work closely with team co-ordinators and senior therapists to ensure a robust structure of training, supervision and appraisal is delivered to all members within the team.
+ To act as a source of Specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health service.
+ Engage or lead on projects to develop services and learning opportunities for others including band 5's, assistant practitioners and students as well as celebrating learning and achievements with the wider therapy and MDT teams.

Working for our organisation
The Therapy centre is committed to the SaTH's overall vision to provide excellent care for the communities we serve. As a member of the Therapy Services Team your contribution to the profession of Occupational Therapy will be integral in enabling patients to receive holistic assessment to enable them to recover and be discharged from the hospital environment.
We believe in developing clinical and leadership skills at all levels and support all our specialist Occupational Therapists in having 10% of their time dedicated to supporting professional activity (SPA). Your SPA time will include and is not limited to: clinical supervision, opportunity to attend internal and external training relevant to your role and career aspirations and participation in service development opportunities.
Please see separate information attached for more information regarding our offer including our Occupational therapy training and development pathway, strategy and career development structure.
With excellent transport links to our beautiful and diverse counties Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin offers great lifestyle opportunities as well as a friendly, family feel.

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to utilise and develop your clinical skills in a specialist area? If so, this role could be for you working as part of the experienced Critical Care Therapy teams.
This newly expanded team is delighted to now be able to offer Occupational Therapy within critical care providing functional assessment and rehabilitation across 7 days a week.
Previous experience working within critical care is not essential though experience working within an acute hospital setting providing physical and cognitive therapies to patients is.

We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.