# Occupational Therapist - Rotational

**Company**: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £38488.00 to £46852.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are looking to recruit Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join the acute Therapy services within St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. These posts will provide an excellent opportunity for both new graduates and Band 5s with current post-registration experience to work with patients and clients who have a wide range of health conditions.

Our current rotations include both hospital and community-based rotations which include Surgery, Vascular, Older People's Services, Oncology/ Specialist Medicine, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Stroke, Neurosurgery, Neurorehabilitation and Social Services. The successful candidates will rotate every six months at the beginning of April and October and will have the opportunity to work in various locations across Wandsworth.

You will carry a clinical caseload which will include;

- assessment and treatment of patients within each service line for an array of conditions and to determine clinical reasoning and Occupational Therapy treatment in line with your case formulations

- providing client centred occupational therapy to a defined caseload of service users, working with multi-disciplinary members and the wider occupational Therapy team.

You will also have the opportunity to supervise support staff and engage with local service audit development projects and audits.

The post involves working as part of the wider Interdisciplinary team and working alongside qualified Occupational and Physiotherapists to provide direct patient intervention (both one-to-one and group sessions). These interventions include physical, sensory, cognitive, and perceptual rehabilitation sessions.

The role also assists with administrative tasks such as maintenance of equipment loans systems, information gathering, and promotion of best quality patient care.

The postholder contributes to seven day working and will work rostered weekends within STAR / Haem-Oncology.

The Trust provides services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre. With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

**Salary:** £38,488 to £46,852 a year per annum pro rata incl HCAS (20%)

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Qualification in Occupational Therapy.

- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Health Professions Council.

- Continued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice and clinical experience gained.

- Completion of a core practice placement in a hospital or rehabilitation setting.

- Clear demonstrable understanding of the OT process.

- Working knowledge of functional and standardised assessment tools.

- Excellent written and verbal communication in English language.

- Good clinical reasoning skills.

- Able to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce to deliver a quality service to people from different backgrounds.

- Able to work as part of a team

- Flexible approach

- Competent IT skills

- Able to work at moderate to high levels of physical activity involving the delivery of manual therapy, therapeutic handling of patients and the assessment, demonstration and installation of adaptations and equipment.

- Good organisational ability - self management and initiative

## Skills

### Required
- Qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Health Professions Council
- Continued Professional Development
- Completion of a core practice placement
- Clear demonstrable understanding of the OT process
- Working knowledge of functional and standardised assessment tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English language
- Good clinical reasoning skills
- Able to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce
- Able to work as part of a team
- Flexible approach
- Competent IT skills
- Able to work at moderate to high levels of physical activity

### Nice to have
- Experience in any of the following clinical areas; Elderly, General Medicine, Orthopaedics, Community rehabilitation
- Group work skills
- Own transport (car/motorbike/bicycle)

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