Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Royal Derby Hospital Trauma and Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy team are a large team with a 19 registered and support staff . The team have an upcoming vacancy at band 6 senior OT level.

The post offers a fantastic opportunity to develop leadership skills and enhance clinical skills. The team have significant experience to support those wishing to develop a career path within the orthopaedic speciality. The successful applicant will work closely with MDT colleagues and cover a very mixed caseload across a 150 bed base. This includes both trauma and elective patients across 6 wards including a private patient unit.

The team support the busy orthopaedic OP clinic, perform pre op assessments and lead education classes. Innovation in service delivery and continuous improvement is encouraged

Leadership is provided by an 8a Team lead and band 7 clinical lead and your learning, development and support within the post will be our priority.

In turn you will have the opportunity to responsible for supporting and mentoring junior members of the team as well as students with your experience and knowledge.

Participation in clinical audit and service review to deliver efficient and best practise is encouraged.

The department supports flexible working patterns across 7 days enabling positive home and work-life balances.

Candidates are welcome to come for an informal visit or call for more information.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a senior Occupational Therapist to provide a high standard service for orthopaedic trauma and elective inpatients.

To be responsible for supervising and teaching junior staff, assistants and students working within the speciality.

To provide advanced occupational therapy assessment and treatment to T&O patients and provide specialist advice and support to other professionals regarding the management of patients throughout the Trust.

You will be required to demonstrate that you are:

• Organised and efficient
• Have demonstrable experience in acute orthopaedics and discharge planning
• Have experience of supervising and teaching others.
• An enthusiastic and motivated team member
• An excellent communicator
• Flexible and adaptable to meet service requirements
• Genuinely interested in supporting the needs of those with complex and physical and cognitive impairment
• Able to work on your own as well as part of a team
• Flexible with regard to 7 day working

Closing date of applications: 11 April 2024

Interview date: 25 April 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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