Bank Senior Occupational Therapist | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7216496/249-7216496 |
Summary
Bank Contract - Hours as required.
This post is a Band 6 Bank role to support the service delivery of Occupational Therapy across the Acute Wards at Great Western Hospital at weekends.. The role covers Saturday and Sunday working. You will be working alongside an experienced members of the Acute OT Team.
Support the clinical delivery of Occupational Therapy on the Acute Wards by:
• Prioritising patients who require OT to support weekends discharges.
• Provide interventions inc. Assessing and providing equipment to enable and support on discharge.
• Providing Risk Assessments for care agencies for new equipment.
• Signposting and referring patients on to services to support follow up on discharge.
• Liaising with the MDT to support problem solving blocks to weekend discharges for example working with transport teams and our discharge support teams.
• Providing guidance and training to patients and their families and carers to promote independence to manage at home, following acute illness.
“Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”
• The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational Therapy intervention to each service within the rotation.
• To be aware of the total therapy needs of the team, the changing demands and act in consultation with the Team Leaders to fulfil these needs.
• To be able to be proactive at delivering therapeutic interventions within a timely manner to enable patients to maintain their independence, identifying when patients would benefit from further rehabilitation and support services and to refer on to other services appropriately.
• To assist with the continuous service development of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention.
• To manage complex diverse cases which may include medical, neurological, traumatic brain injury, surgical, orthopedic, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric conditions.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To work within a framework of local, national and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice.
Please see Job Description for full details of this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Jun 2025
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