# Specialist Occupational Therapist , Orthopaedic Oncology Team

**Company**: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: Stanmore
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Salary**: £45953.00 to £54254.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Occupational Therapy department at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This role would be within the well-established orthopaedic oncology team to provide tailored, individualised care to patients with complex conditions including sarcoma, metastatic cancer including metastatic spinal cord compression.

The main duties of the job include:

- Providing a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the specialities of sarcoma and Oncology

- Independently assessing and treating patients from pre-assessment stage, through the acute post-operative phase of inpatient care, including short stay patients, in-patient rehabilitation/ out-patient rehabilitation

- Working alongside OT & PT colleagues in the sarcoma service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the speciality

- Assessing and treating highly complex patients in this clinical unit (with support where needed) and contributing to service development and learning culture within team/department and students

- Deputising for the Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist in their absence as appropriate including administrative, managerial and clinical tasks

The ideal candidate will have:

- DipCOT/ Degree in Occupational Therapy

- Member of RCOT or recognised equivalent

- Registered with HCPC

- Evidence of relevant CPD

- 3 years minimum post qualification experience, including 6 months relevant clinical experience in field of Orthopaedics and/or Oncology

- Good written and spoken English

- Report writing

- Able to communicate with a variety of people, especially in emotional distress

- Good organisation of self and time

- IT skills - to be tested in probationary period

- Sound clinical reasoning and assessment skills

## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- Communication
- IT skills
- Clinical reasoning
- Assessment skills

### Nice to have
- Wheelchair assessment and seating
- Therapeutic patient handling
- Discharge planning
- Presentation skills

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