West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Rotational Occupational Therapist
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Exciting Opportunity for Occupational Therapist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for full or part-time permanent Band 5 occupational therapist to join our rotation programme. This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, knowledge, and leadership within the acute setting. This role would be suitable for an occupational therapist who is seeking to develop their clinical and leadership skills in a fast-paced and supportive service.
You will benefit from experiencing a range of in-patient and community 6-month rotations. This may include critical care, medicine, respiratory, surgery, acute stroke, admission avoidance, community, reablement bedded settings, and hand therapy. Some of the rotation teams roster over a seven-day period.
Key Responsibilities
- To provide assessments and interventions to patients within the rotational settings.
- To participate in professional supervision and training for other occupational therapists, students, and therapy support staff.
- To assist the team lead with delivering and evaluating the service provided to patients, on a day-to-day basis.
- To provide additional support in the absence of the senior staff as required.
- To actively contribute to service improvements to ensure practice is of the highest quality, evidence-based, and meets the needs of the local population.
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About Us
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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat, and support people in hospital, at home, and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit, and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
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Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients, and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety, and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts, and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Lisa Enright
- Job Title: Service Lead Occupational Therapy
- Email Address: lisa.enright@wsh.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01284 713639
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