Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Acute Medical (KGH)

Job summary

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust are looking for a motivated, dynamic and innovative individual to join our friendly team of therapists, providing care on the specialist medical wards and the Medical Assessment Unit at King George

Working in a fast paced environment you will have the opportunity to expand your clinical skills in rapid response and specialist medical care. You will work closely with community services, social services . You will also have the opportunity to develop enhanced skills and extend your role as an Occupational Therapist

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist in a large and busy team you will be required to build a strong set of clinical skills, whilst further developing your leadership, communication and managerial skills. You will be familiar with all aspects of functional, physical and cognitive assessment and you will have experience of complex discharge planning.

We have a strong commitment to continuing professional development with an established in service training programme, regular evidence based practice groups and commissioned external courses identified through trust appraisal process.You will be supported by four Band 7 Occupational Therapists in the team and by the Band 8a Clinical Lead's for this team.

If you have the skills outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services whilst being valued and supported then apply today.

Main duties of the job

To perform occupational therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive and psychological/mental health conditions. To provide a diagnosis of functional status, to develop and deliver an individual treatment plan.

To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working with access to direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and peer review. Access of advice and supper from a senior occupational therapist is available as required, clinical work is routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating time management and planning skills.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of less experienced occupational therapists, and assistants to ensure the standards of practice of the department are met.

Please refer to Job Description for full details of the role.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

King George Hospital

Ilford

IG3 8YB

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

King George Hospital

Ilford

IG3 8YB

Employer's website

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

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