Senior Acute Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Looking for a Band 5 or 6 Acute OT post?

Are you

Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters?

Looking for new learning opportunities to expand your competencies & skills?

Ready for a new challenge?

Driven to change the narrative of OT within the Trust and our wider communities to promote and develop a strong workforce now for future generations?

Do you want

To learn in a fast-paced hospital and community setting?

To work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience?

To develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, experienced Occupational Therapy leaders?

To develop strong leadership skills to assist with service and people development

We can offer:

An acute rotation providing you with diverse experiences including Medicine (general medicine, Elderly, Respiratory and Cardiology), Orthopaedics, Surgery, Stroke, Neuro, Palliative care, hand therapy (correct at time of advertisement),

Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues,

Peer support from a large group of colleagues on the rotation,

A 12 month multi-professional preceptorship programme (Band 5).

We support OTs who are looking to Return to Practice

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of job

To provide excellent, high-quality person-centred clinical care that advocates for patients; strive to provide a service fit for today and the future; develop personal leadership to support clinical growth. Every 6 monthly Band 5 or 12 monthly Band 6 rotation brings duties and learning opportunities specific for that team.

Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance.

As aTrust we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an AHP practice development lead and clinical flow lead.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Wexham, Slough

SL2 4HL

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Wexham, Slough

SL2 4HL

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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