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    Senior Occupational Therapist - Hereford, United Kingdom - Wye Valley NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Due to recent promotions an exciting opportunity has become available for a Specialist Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient Stroke team, based here at Hereford County Hospital.

    The service covers both acute stroke and rehabilitation with the multi-disciplinary team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants, Nursing, CNS, HCAs . The Occupational Therapists provide holistic patient care and enable recovery. As a service we support you to continue to develop your clinical, leadership and service development skills.

    Main duties of the job

    The team is part of the stroke pathway which links with ESD and the community stroke team.

    We provide hyperacute/acute stroke care for people presenting with symptoms of stroke, as well as providing inpatient rehabilitation prior to discharge from hospital.

    You will work to best practice guidelines to assess and treat stroke patients alongside MDT colleagues.

    You will be able to work at a fast pace to ensure timely assessments / interventions & contribute to MDT decision making.

    The service works across 7 days and bank holidays.

    About us

    Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

    Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

    We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

    More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

    We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

    Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

    Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right the time.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

    Person Specification

    Education & Qualifications

    Essential

  • Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC Registration
  • Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
  • Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

    Essential

  • Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
  • Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
  • Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
  • Experience

    Essential

  • NHS or equivalent experience in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
  • Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment


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