B5 Rotational Occuaptional Therapist
The closing date is 02 June 2025
Job summary
CALLING ALL ENTHUSIASTIC & MOTIVATED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS! University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) are
recruiting to our established Band 5 rotation across Heartlands, Good Hope, & Solihull Hospitals including Solihull
Community Services. UHB NHS Trust is based in the vibrant city of Birmingham.
Opportunities are available for positions based across all sites providing intervention to adults across a variety of
clinical areas, such as: Stroke & Neurology, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Health Care for older People, Medicals, OPAL,
Respiratory, Specialist Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Renal, Solihull Community. Providing a variety of clinical
experience to consolidate and develop your skills supporting successful career progression within the Trust.
Are you an established Band 5 wishing to experience different clinical fields or in the final year of your degree? You
will be joining a large and supportive therapy team, with robust supervision and appraisal systems, excellent training
and development opportunities, such as Band 5-6 development posts with broader specialist clinical areas included,
such as: Macmillan, Paediatrics, plus more. Coupled with the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist
colleagues and integrate into a variety of specialist multidisciplinary teams.
The Trust provides a preceptorship programme for new graduates. Successful candidates will be required to
participate in 7 day working rotas.
Main duties of the job
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1 Caseload Management
* To be responsible for managing his/her own caseload with clinical supervision from senior Occupational
Therapists
* Use this support to reflect and learn from practice
2 OT Role
* To demonstrate confidence in the O.T. role within the Multi professional team
* To recognise the role of other members of the multi professional team, to have knowledge of and use the
resources of each service in the team appropriately
* To demonstrate the application of the OT process to patient care
* Recognise when it may be necessary to carry out Access, Home and follow up visits, with guidance from a senior
colleague
* Carry out straightforward home, access and follow up visits in discussion with senior colleagues, once confidence
and the necessary skills are acquired over time.
3 OT intervention
* To identify all patients requiring OT intervention and prioritise them accordingly to the OT guidelines , with
support of senior colleagues
* Carry out all necessary assessments of the patient's needs in self-care, productivity & leisure
* To establish plans of intervention and carry them out according to OT standards; adjusting as necessary
* To organise discharge plans for patients with guidance from senior colleagues
* To learn and understand about options for patient care in relation to the clinical area
For information contact Lorraine Garratty, Clinical Team Leader 0121 424 7798 email lorraine.garratty@uhb.nhs.uk
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
Date posted
14 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
304-9008600
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Employer's website
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