Senior Occupational Therapist - Vascular, Orthopaedics & Surgery

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing their own caseload and supervising rotational band 5 occupational therapists, support staff, students and apprentices. There will also be opportunities to support the band 7 team in team management and staff training.Regular support and supervision for you will be available from the Band 7 Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapists within the specialty.

You will be required to work with other qualified and non-qualified staff to provide a seven day service including Bank Holidays, with a commitment of 1 in 4 weekends with days off in lieu. The service provides cover 8:00-20:00 Mon- Friday and 8:00-16:00 at weekends

This post will allow you to develop a wide range of clinical, managerial, organisational, teaching and supervision skills. You will play an active role in audits and service development. We offer a well-established supervision and appraisal structure. We encourage individual progression within the Band 6 role and have a firm commitment to in service training and CPD as well as supporting staff to attend relevant external courses and conferences.

The Luton and Dunstable Hospital Therapy Department are a friendly, forward thinking and innovative department with a well-established Clinical Governance programme and a focus on developing staff.

Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.

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 all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

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