Rotational Occupational Therapist The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location
East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
5/13/2025
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Description
Full Time 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Therapy Team at Hillingdon Hospital.
We are seeking a band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, integrated inpatient therapy department. The therapy department is the third largest staff group within the Trust and is widely respected. As a Rotational Occupational Therapist, you will play an essential part in the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients. You will work closely with the patient, their support network, and Multidisciplinary colleagues to achieve a positive outcome.
The 9-month Rotations Include
The Stroke Unit
Acute Older Adults
Frailty
The Acute Medical Unit
Medicine and Surgery
During the rotations, you will be given opportunities to consolidate existing skills and be supported to further develop clinical and non-clinical skills. We are looking for clinicians who have a passion and experience of working in an acute, physical health setting.
An interview date to be confirmed.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Clinical
To Autonomously Complete The OT Process With Patients Including
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions.
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To assess for patients equipment needs. Once equipment needs are identified, order equipment in a timely fashion to facilitate discharge. Equipment risk assessments eg bed rail assessments and manual handling risk assessments are to be completed where appropriate to ensure patient safety.
Provide document interventions accurately and within guidelines. Provide timely and accurate documentation to facilitate a smooth transfer of care to the community .
Monitor, evaluate and modify interventions for patients to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of therapy. Use agreed outcome measures to document the effectiveness.
Our organisation
This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.
We are the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offer a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trusts services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making always making urgent improvements to address this particularly in infection prevention and control.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Friday 23 May 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Therapy Team at Hillingdon Hospital.
We are seeking a band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, integrated inpatient therapy department. The therapy department is the third largest staff group within the Trust and is widely respected. As a Rotational Occupational Therapist, you will play an essential part in the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients. You will work closely with the patient, their support network, and Multidisciplinary colleagues to achieve a positive outcome.
The 9-month Rotations Include
The Stroke Unit
Acute Older Adults
Frailty
The Acute Medical Unit
Medicine and Surgery
During the rotations, you will be given opportunities to consolidate existing skills and be supported to further develop clinical and non-clinical skills. We are looking for clinicians who have a passion and experience of working in an acute, physical health setting.
An interview date to be confirmed.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Clinical
To Autonomously Complete The OT Process With Patients Including
- Comprehensive assessment of needs
- Provide individualised and specialised treatments to patients on caseload, which will include a variety of physical, cognitive, and psychological conditions.
- Lead and facilitate on patient discharges with arranging package of care, providing equipment and community support.
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions.
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to ensure effectiveness of intervention.
To assess for patients equipment needs. Once equipment needs are identified, order equipment in a timely fashion to facilitate discharge. Equipment risk assessments eg bed rail assessments and manual handling risk assessments are to be completed where appropriate to ensure patient safety.
Provide document interventions accurately and within guidelines. Provide timely and accurate documentation to facilitate a smooth transfer of care to the community .
Monitor, evaluate and modify interventions for patients to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of therapy. Use agreed outcome measures to document the effectiveness.
Our organisation
This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a state-of-the-art hospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.
We are the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offer a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trusts services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making always making urgent improvements to address this particularly in infection prevention and control.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Friday 23 May 2025
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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