Description
We are seeking a confident Band 7 Occupational Therapist with strong leadership skills and a broad T&O background to lead our dedicated therapy team at Whipps Cross Hospital, a Centre of Excellence in Frailty and the centre for NOF fractures for Barts Health.
The successful candidate will lead a skilled team delivering specialist assessments and interventions across complex T&O and rehabilitation caseloads. You will work within a multidisciplinary team and champion best practice in orthopaedic care alongside your colleagues.
Key responsibilities include:
- Playing a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment, clinical management and discharge planning of patients admitted to the orthopaedic wards
- Determining clinical diagnosis, functional deficits, treatment programs and discharge planning
- Working within a multidisciplinary team and championing best practice in orthopaedic care
Requirements:
- Extensive post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting in the NHS or similar health service in orthopaedics
- Highly developed acute skills with post registration experience in relevant specialties including orthopaedics and frailty
- Experience and confidence working within a high pressured and fast paced environment
- Experience supervising and appraising staff and students
- Good knowledge of current best practice in OT with specialist clinical skills in Orthopaedics
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group (#NOF and poly trauma)
- Ability to take a proactive approach to assessment and discharge planning
- Ability to pass on knowledge & deliver training both internally within profession & externally to other staff groups
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £53,751 to £60,651 per annum
- Permanent, full-time position