# Occupational Therapist **Company**: NHS Professionals Limited **Location**: Watford **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: bank **Salary**: £24.14 an hour **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0042-91070?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c9974259-5af ## Description We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist in West Hertfordshire NHS Trust to join the Inpatient Therapy Department at Watford General Hospital. You will be responsible for providing specialised assessment and treatment to patients with complex needs, managing and supporting their rehabilitation and care plans, and delivering expert advice, guidance and information to patients, families, carers and other healthcare professionals. You will work closely with Therapy Managers, Team Leads, Supervisors, Allied Health Professionals, medical and nursing staff and the wider Multidisciplinary Team, while supporting effective communication and collaboration with community services and statutory and voluntary organisations to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care. **Main duties of the job** - Independently manage your allocated caseload and work as an autonomous practitioner, using professional judgement and clinical reasoning while accessing appropriate supervision and specialist advice when required. - Manage your clinical responsibilities without direct supervision and contribute to effective case management, safe discharge planning and ongoing service delivery. - Supervise, educate and assess junior Occupational Therapists, support staff and OT students to graduate-level standards, working collaboratively with universities to maintain appropriate teaching and practice standards. - Support the development of clinical practice by undertaking evidence-based audits and research, contributing to service protocols, identifying opportunities for improvement and assisting with the implementation of agreed changes across the service. - Actively participate in a seven-day service roster and work 37.5 hours per week in line with contractual requirements. **Benefits** - Career progression access to Learning & Development opportunities - Flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and built paid annual leave - Opportunity to work with over 50 partner NHS Trusts **Requirements** - HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with a relevant Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent qualification. - NHS experience with strong clinical problem-solving and ability to manage a complex caseload independently. - Knowledge of Occupational Therapy models, relevant legislation, professional standards and clinical governance. - Excellent communication, organisation and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team. - Evidence of CPD, reflective practice and experience supporting supervision, teaching, audit or service development. ## Skills ### Required - Occupational Therapy - clinical problem-solving - communication - organisation - teamwork --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0042-91070?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)