We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Inpatient Band 6 OT rotation at NUH on a full time, permanent contract.
This role rotates across established teams who support learning and development, while welcoming the broad range of experience new team members bring with them.
The rotation is set across QMC and City Campus of NUH and includes
- AICU
- Critical Care, Cardiology, Cardiothoracics and Surgery
- Major Trauma
- Medicine and Surgery
Prior experience of these settings is not required and support/training will be offered including regular joint working, participation in team and peer teaching, access to external teaching, regular supervision and CPD time.
Skills
You will work alongside staff of all bands including Highly Specialist Band 7 OTs with the opportunity and support to enhance and develop skills in the following areas:
- Assessment/management of conditions across the MSK, vascular, spinal, surgical, critical care and acute medicine pathways including poly-trauma, amputation and spinal cord injury.
- Assessment/rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury
- Supervising others in the team including support workers and band 5s
This rotation is ideal for someone who is looking to move into a Band 6 role and wants to develop their clinical and leadership skills further, or a current Band 6 looking to broaden their clinical skill set.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.
At NUH, we can offer you training opportunities covering clinical and leadership aspects (internal and/or external to NUH), the experience of working with highly skilled staff, and exposure to the world of research alongside clinical academics to enhance evidence based care.
NUH is a large acute teaching hospital and this post will allow you to work in many specialist areas with a huge variety of patients. Staff will be responsible for a diverse and complex clinical case load. You will be expected to work collaboratively across the MDT with a wide range of Health Care Professionals.
You will have excellent communication and team working skills. You will have a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload in what is a fast paced working environment. You will be involved in managing and supporting Band 5s, support staff and students on clinical placement allowing development of your leadership, managerial and teaching skills. You may also deputise for Band 7s on occasion.
You will be required to work on weekend and Bank Holiday rotas.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
Occupational Therapy is part of the Therapies, Outpatients and Phlebotomy Directorate, within Specialist Clinical Services at NUH. We are a diverse team of AHPs and support staff, employing over 800 staff and working together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Luckhurst Job title: Occupational Therapy Team Leader Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07812 269740
Alternatively, please contact Adam Turner, Advanced Practitioner OT, on
[email protected], or 07812 276692.
We would love to hear from you if you are interested, and would be happy to arrange a phonecall, video call or informal visit - please get in touch!
