Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Band 6
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The Therapies Team at the Royal Free Hospital
The Therapies team at the Royal Free Hospital is innovative, creative, and truly inter-disciplinary. This team always focuses on delivering high quality, patient-centred care. Our team is friendly and supportive with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, an active learning environment, staff welfare, and teamwork using the “What matters to you?” framework.
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About the Role
This fantastic opportunity awaits dynamic, motivated Specialist Occupational Therapists looking to develop clinical, operational, and leadership skills, as we are currently seeking experienced occupational therapists to join our therapy (rotational) team as Bank staff.
The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. You should have proven experience of working in the relevant areas of clinical therapy services.
Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist has to attend both ad hoc and regular work within the Band 6 General Rotations. The rotations happen on a 9-monthly basis across the following clinical teams:
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Key Requirements
The successful candidate should be able to:
- Provide specialized Occupational Therapy (OT) service to patients treated within RFH services in the given clinical area. This requires working under guidance and incorporating evidence-based practice (EBP) in the management of patient care.
- Clinically supervise and guide the professional work of less experienced Therapy staff and students as appropriate, while complying with professional and departmental standards of practice.
- Assist in operational issues in the absence of the Therapy Team Leader.
For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS.
Our Mission
Our mission is to deliver world-class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world-class teaching and research, and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe, and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Diversity and Inclusion
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers, and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Michael Honnery
- Job title: Occupational Therapist (Lead)
- Email address: michael.honnery@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 020 7794 0500
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free Hospital
PO Box 50, Civic Centre, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3XA
Tel: 02078302065
Internal extension: 23400 Option 3
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