Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner Ortho/Surgical - Amputees
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Job Overview
Band 4 OT Assistant Practitioner – Orthopaedics & Surgical / Amputee Services
Are You
- Prior experience as an OT assistant is essential.
- Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that everyday matters,
- Ready for a new challenge,
- Driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations,
- Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future
Do You Want
- To learn in a fast-paced hospital setting,
- Grow your knowledge about equipment provision and your clinical skills,
- Work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience,
- Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders
We Can Offer
- A great opportunity to mix patient facing assessment skills and equipment provision,
- Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support, supervision, and appraisal from senior colleagues,
- Generous training opportunities
- A great enthusiastic friendly team to work alongside
To find out more about the additional things we can offer, apply for our post and meet the team. We would love to talk to you.
Main Duties of the Job
To provide excellent, high-quality person-centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strive to provide a service fit for today and the future, develop personal leadership to support clinical growth.
The post is a key part of the OT discharge service supporting registered staff with the assessment and rehabilitation.
This role includes:
- Assessment of trauma and elective patients who have been referred Occupational Therapy
- Taking equipment out to patients’ homes and fitting items (training will be given)
- Setting up / providing follow up visits for prescribed equipment,
- Maintenance of stock,
- Liaison with outside agencies and patients’ families,
- Teaching patients and their families how to use and fit the equipment
- Undertaking falls assessments
The post is based at Wexham Park Hospital but applicants must be able to travel between all Frimley Health's hospitals and patient's homes.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
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Visa Sponsorship
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Interpersonal skills to include concise and effective verbal and written communication.
- Ability to instruct and motivate
- Organisational skills, ability to prioritise and manage day.
- Logical, ability to problem solve
- IT skills
- Ability to conduct and respond to risk assessments
- Working knowledge of equipment / minor adaptations
- Basic understanding of the patient condition and its impact on the therapy intervention.
Desirable criteria
- Negotiation skills, able to overcome barriers to exercise.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in English and Mathematics
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Degree or equivalent in related field / or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as Band 3 Occupational Therapy assistant within an NHS setting
- Experience of working directly with patients
- Leading and delivering exercise programmes in hospital setting
- Experience working within a team.
- Experience of working directly with patients.
Desirable criteria
- Evaluating outcomes of equipment use
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work flexibly
- Able to work to a 7 day pattern
- Must hold a valid driving licence and be able to deliver and fit equipment into patient’s homes.
- Be able to deliver and fit equipment into patient’s homes.
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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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