Senior Occupational Therapist - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Description

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Occupational Therapists to join our acute rotation.

This post will offer an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience working in a fast paced environment within a well-established team.

Candidates must have experience within the NHS, preferably in a physical acute setting.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist occupational therapy assessment diagnosis and treatment of patients in the area of each rotation (as required) and to the out of hours services.

To maintain close working relationships with other health professionals /referrers to ensure efficient, effective and appropriate delivery of the service.

To supervise and educate student occupational therapists to a graduate standard, working with the Universities to ensure standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

Qualification

Essential

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Car User

Desirable