Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.
We are welcoming applications from Occupational Therapists with a passion for delivering the highest quality of Rehabilitation. The post holder will be providing holistic, ward-based rehabilitation to people on both the stroke and community rehabilitation pathways.
The in-patient Stroke Specialist Rehabilitation Unit offers residents of Gloucestershire a dedicated Therapy led Specialist service based at the Vale Community Hospital in Dursley. Adopting national best practice this unit ensures that people suffering from a stroke within Gloucestershire benefit from a specialist clinical pathway, maximising the health outcomes of those people who are likely to improve with In-Patient Specialist Rehabilitation. There is close collaborative working with colleagues in the Hyper Acute and Acute Stroke Units within Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and in the Countywide Early Supported Discharge and Community Neurology Teams.
We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician to work in the Multi-Disciplinary team who shares a philosophy of empowering patients to be more independent and active in their recovery.
Role Responsibilities
- To provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, treatment and management of stroke and general rehabilitation patients on Peak View Ward.
- To work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide quality care to patients, adhering to local and national standards.
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Leadership / Management
- To take a lead within the team for multi-disciplinary liaison, in order to ensure effective and seamless patient care. This will include making recommendations for appropriate and timely discharge or transfer to other services.
- In addition this will include effectively planning, organising and balancing clinical and non-clinical activities in order to take an active role in team meetings, joint treatment sessions, case conferences and specialist interest group meetings.
- To offer specialist advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in multi-agency meetings to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users.
About Us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Engagement and Culture
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
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- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sarah Bienemann
- Job title: Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Email address: sarah.bienemann@ghc.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0300 421 8491
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