About this role
Job summary
Ready to take the next step in developing your Occupational Therapy skills?
We're seeking a motivated OT to join our supportive inpatient therapy team at Rutland Hospital. The role also includes working alongside colleagues at our Melton Mowbray site, only 20 minutes away, with free parking available at both sites.
What's the Deal?
Support galore: We have supervision and CPD opportunities and you'll also be working closely with experienced OTs and Physios who are ready to share their wisdom. You will receive supervision and support from our Band 7 OT.
Skills I need? Functional assessments of the older adult in an inpatient setting. Communication, teamwork and prioritisation skills. Positive attitude and can-do approach.
What will you develop? Prioritisation and time management skills as well as team working skills, strong leadership skills supervising support workers and apprentices.
Patient group: Predominately older adults in a physical sub-acute / rehab setting. Wide variety of clinical conditions seen including amputees, fractures, frailty.
Explore and Grow: You will have support and collaboration from our other experienced OTs on both Rutland and Melton wards as well as across our other community hospitals within LPT. There is also the opportunity to initiate and support service development as we love fresh ideas!
Be part of something bigger: You'll be a key player in our integrated and specialist community services, working alongside amazing teams.
Main duties of the job
Your mission: You'll be providing an occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation service to our patients.
Your Superpowers: You'll be an autonomous practitioner, managing your own caseload, assessing and treating patients, ensuring safe and effective discharges and adhering to professional standards and best practices.
Team working: You'll be building and nurturing strong relationships with your nursing, ACP, and AHP colleagues on the ward as well as your community colleagues in Adult Social Care and Community Therapy.
Guiding the Next Generation: You'll be supervising and supporting our therapy support workers and apprentices to build their skills by sharing your knowledge and experience.
Experience: Previous work within an inpatient setting as a band 5 or band 6 Occupational Therapist is desirable for this role but not essential. If you feel you have transferrable skills to support the assessment and rehabilitation of our patient group and to support a safe and effective discharge then have a chat with us about the post.
About us We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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Employer details Employer name Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address Rutland Memorial Hospital
Cold Overton Road
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6NT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)