Occupational Therapy Assistant - Bank
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We are looking for a friendly and creative individual to join our dynamic occupational therapy department as an occupational therapy assistant to work on the bank. You will have excellent communication skills and be to use your initiative when working within a team.
You will gain experience treating a range of patients with cardio-respiratory conditions, including before and after surgery, as well as patients with long term respiratory conditions within a range of clinical settings. You will complete a competency whilst working under the supervision of registered therapists, until you are able to undertake delegated tasks independently. You will help us drive forward our ambitious vision for the department; to set a precedent for other cardiothoracic hospitals by bringing tomorrows treatments to todays patients.
Candidates should have:
Numeracy and literacy to national Level 2/GCSE standard including written/spoken English and basic mathematics
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in healthcare or associated area
Main duties of the job
Become part of our supportive and innovative team covering inpatient services, including bank holiday and Saturday working.
Clinical areas you will work across:
- Transplant and cardiac surgery
- Thoracic and pulmonary endarterectomy surgery
- Respiratory support and sleep centre (RSSC), respiratory medicine and cystic fibrosis.
- Cardiology
- Critical care
Come and join our ambitious and growing occupational therapy department in our world-renowned hospital, where you will feel like part of a family!
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.
We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.
Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.
The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.
Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Date posted
18 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9175-2324-2-WF3833
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)



For questions about the job, contact:
Amil Magpantay
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