Senior Occupational Therapist - Neuro/Medical Team

You will be working on acute Stroke/neuro/Medical wards treating patients who have experienced an acute Stroke and/or Neuro event. You will also have the chance to work with a broad range of stroke/ neuro / medical patients, including Outlier Stroke patients. You will act as consultants in seating and positioning and interventions for outlying patients with neurological disorders/conditions. Utilising and further developing skills in assessment, treatment planning, goal setting; as well as cognitive assessments using standardised assessment tools.

We also offer robust training opportunities as part of the team and on a wider scale within Bedford Hospital. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to provide quality supervision to other team members. You will be part of a team who strive for excellence and quality in all parts of their profession.

You will be providing high quality education to students and trainee OT's and Assistants.

High quality clinical supervision is provided for all our staff. You will be supported with your professional development and training by the Team Managers and the Practice Development Lead.

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Qualifications

Essential: - HCPC Registered; - BSC Hons Occupational Therapy or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Desirable: - Leadership course; - Manual handling qualification; - Neuro specific training e.g Bobath

Experience

Desirable: - Supervising practice placements for O.T. students; - Previous audit experience

Knowledge

Desirable: - Experience of service development

Other

Essential: - Communicating sensitive information to staff, patients or carers.; - Be able to undertake moderate physical effort throughout day