Senior Occupational Therapist - Vascular, Orthopaedics & Surgery

The Luton and Dunstable Hospital Therapy Department are a friendly, forward-thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high-quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values-based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.

Person specification

Qualifications And Training

Essential criteria

• Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendances at recent post-graduate courses/in-service trainings relevant to the speciality

Desirable criteria

• Membership of BAOT/RCOT or similar
• Practice educators certificate

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
• Evidence of broad-based postgraduate experience to include experience in orthopaedics or elderly care
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Work experience, student or therapy assistant supervision

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supervising junior staff or non-qualified
• Experience within the NHS
• Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services

Skills

Essential criteria

• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of wider local and national agendas and impact on OT

Communication

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high-quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high-quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the-art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting-edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 256.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 128.6KB)
• Functional aspects (PDF, 120.6KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name: Nihar Shah
• Job title: Therapy Service Manager
• Email address: nihar.shah4@bedsft.nhs.uk
• Telephone number: 01582497350

If you have problems applying, contact

Address:
Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ

Telephone: 01582 497325

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