# Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

**Company**: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
**Location**: Romford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our Acute Frailty Therapy Team.

As a Band 7 Occupational Therapist in a large and busy team, you will be required to demonstrate strong leadership skills and be confident to work as an autonomous practitioner with a focus on early assessment and discharge planning.

**Main Duties of the Job:**

- Provide specialist standard of Occupational Therapy service to patients within the acute elderly/medical service.

- Give highly specialist guidance, advice, and education to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area.

- Provide leadership for your team in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the Occupational Therapy service provided to patients within your area.

- Undertake supervision, mentoring, and performance development plans to promote clinical and professional effectiveness of self and others.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £55,524 to £62,652 per annum

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

- Supportive team environment

**Requirements:**

- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

- H.C.P.C. Registration

- Evidence of recent and relevant CPD

- Strong knowledge of medical conditions and their impact on cognitive, physical, and social functioning

- Highly skilled in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with common pathologies

- Ability to organise, prioritise, and delegate

- Ability to demonstrate leadership and supportive supervisory skills

## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- Leadership
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Patient Assessment
- Treatment Planning

### Nice to have
- Leadership training
- Experience of working in a rapid assessment area or Emergency Department
- Training of Occupational Therapy students

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