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Specialist Occupational Therapist- Adult Orthopaedics Team
| Posting date: | 15 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 February 2025 |
| Location: | Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP |
| Company: | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6919634/392-RNOH-1135 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to work in a national specialist hospital? If you have a passion for orthopaedics and physical rehabilitation and want put your practical problem solving skills to the test to work with a rewarding group of patients, then this is the job for you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Occupational Therapy department at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This role is part of a well established adult orthopaedic team to providing tailored, individualised care to patients with complex orthopaedic conditions including revision hip replacements, spinal surgery and upper limb surgery. This role is ideally suited to an existing or emerging band 6 occupational therapist.
We are dedicated to support staff members upskill in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will have excellent development opportunities in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will be well supported by your clinical and professional OT supervisor, have access to CPD opportunities, as well as leadership support.
• To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the speciality of adult orthopaedics in a busy ward setting
• To independently assess and treat patients through the acute post-operative phase of inpatient care, including short stay patients and inpatient rehabilitation
• To promote the occupational therapy role and ensure the smooth day to day running of the team
• To effectively work alongside colleagues in the multi disciplinary team to achieve the patients goals and facilitate safe transition from hospital to discharge destination
• To adopt and promote a culture of continuous learning and personal development
• To teach and supervise junior members of the team, therapy technicians and occupational therapy students
• To contribute to service improvement to maintain high quality clinical care
• To deputise for the Band 7 lead occupational therapist as appropriate including attending meetings and performing managerial and clinical tasks
• This post will be part of a weekend Occupational Therapy service supporting discharges and rehabilitation across the inpatient ward
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
Please see attached JD and PS for details.
Job Purpose summary
To assess and treat routine and highly complex patients in the adult orthopaedic team, to teach junior staff and students and support the in developing the service.
To provide cover for administrative, managerial and clinical tasks in the temporary absence of another member of the team, as appropriate to own level of experience.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Feb 2025
Are you looking for a new challenge and would like to work in a national specialist hospital? If you have a passion for orthopaedics and physical rehabilitation and want put your practical problem solving skills to the test to work with a rewarding group of patients, then this is the job for you!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Occupational Therapy department at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This role is part of a well established adult orthopaedic team to providing tailored, individualised care to patients with complex orthopaedic conditions including revision hip replacements, spinal surgery and upper limb surgery. This role is ideally suited to an existing or emerging band 6 occupational therapist.
We are dedicated to support staff members upskill in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will have excellent development opportunities in both clinical and non clinical areas of practice. You will be well supported by your clinical and professional OT supervisor, have access to CPD opportunities, as well as leadership support.
• To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for clients with a wide variety of complex and multiple disabilities within the speciality of adult orthopaedics in a busy ward setting
• To independently assess and treat patients through the acute post-operative phase of inpatient care, including short stay patients and inpatient rehabilitation
• To promote the occupational therapy role and ensure the smooth day to day running of the team
• To effectively work alongside colleagues in the multi disciplinary team to achieve the patients goals and facilitate safe transition from hospital to discharge destination
• To adopt and promote a culture of continuous learning and personal development
• To teach and supervise junior members of the team, therapy technicians and occupational therapy students
• To contribute to service improvement to maintain high quality clinical care
• To deputise for the Band 7 lead occupational therapist as appropriate including attending meetings and performing managerial and clinical tasks
• This post will be part of a weekend Occupational Therapy service supporting discharges and rehabilitation across the inpatient ward
RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/
Please see attached JD and PS for details.
Job Purpose summary
To assess and treat routine and highly complex patients in the adult orthopaedic team, to teach junior staff and students and support the in developing the service.
To provide cover for administrative, managerial and clinical tasks in the temporary absence of another member of the team, as appropriate to own level of experience.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Feb 2025
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