Burns & Plastics Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a permanent Band 7 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join the Burns & Plastics Inpatient Therapy Team at Salisbury Hospital. We are a regional specialist Burns & Plastics unit for the South-West, providing care for adult and paediatric patients from Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. Typical caseload includes burns, major lower limb trauma reconstruction, amputees, hand trauma, infections leading to skin and soft tissue loss and subsequent reconstruction, and orthopaedic/medical outliers.

This Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist will work alongside the Band 7 Physiotherapists to lead and develop the OT service, and whilst it is largely covering an in-patient caseload there is an element of Scar Managment Clinic and outpatient therapy provision for patients being treated in Burns Outpatients and amputees both pre and post op.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to lead the Burns & Plastics OT team and will be responsible for clinical supervision of Band 6 OT, appraisals and ongoing service development, ensuring we meet the National Burns Care Standards.

There is an requiremnt of advanced assessment and clinical decision making as part of the MDT, including functional assessment and rehabilitation, splinting, wheelchair prescription and leading with complex discharge planning.

There is expectation that the candidate will be committed to providing high standards of care and consideration will be given to those who demonstrate the trusts visions and values.

The Burns & Plastics team runs a 6 day service from 08:00-16:00, and provide cover on Bank Holidays on a rota basis, therefore flexibility in working pattern is required.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here were driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.