University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
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We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Department at the University Hospitals of North Midlands.
The post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital based on the two hospital sites of The Royal Stoke and County Hospital.
The post rotates across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas which include:
- Critical Care – early rehabilitation of trauma, surgical, medical and neurological patients, including cognitive assessment, functional assessment, splinting and casting.
- Palliative Care - oncology/renal conditions, fast track D/C planning & complex manual handling assessments & equipment provision. Long term life limiting conditions and challenging conversations.
- Frail Elderly - frailty management, patients with dementia, falls management, complex discharge planning.
- Emergency Portals - rapid decision making in relation to discharge planning and equipment provision & admission avoidance. Working across A+E and same day discharge wards.
- Medicine - wide range of medical conditions including Non-Invasive Ventilation, MND, Cardiology & post Critical Care Step down, complex discharge planning, specific knowledge in seating wheelchairs.
- Orthopaedics – At County we also offer input to elective orthopaedics supporting complex discharges.
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The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke is a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.
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Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Clare Johnson
Job title: Interim Therapy Manager
Email address: clare.johnson@uhnm.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01782 675341
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