Band 7 Front Door and Frailty Occupational Therapist | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 13 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 Per Annum ( Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Cwmni: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7370580/390-CSS-BA-9807 |
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An exciting opportunity to be part of a friendly Front door and Frailty therapy team, as a band 7 Occupational Therapist is available.
You will work as part of a proactive team in a fast-paced, but supportive environment, to help our patients get back home and on the right recovery plans. Our team take a dynamic holistic approach to make rapid decisions to aid in getting the right support in place for our patients and their families.
You will provide leadership, training and supervision to less experienced staff, students, and non-qualified staff.
The working pattern for this role will include rostered weekends, as part of 7 day working, with off duty days in the week.
You will provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service for patients attending Accident and Emergency (A&E), other front door areas and the frailty ward.
You will use your advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the integrated therapy team (occupational therapy and physiotherapy) whilst maintaining a clinical caseload of complex patients, as an autonomous practitioner.
You will have a dynamic approach to work and be capable of leading an integrated team, including in times of change, to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient-centred care within the specialty.
You will contribute to the weekend and Bank Holiday rota.
We expect all staff to demonstrate our Trust values being Respectful, Compassionate and Excellent
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include:
To contribute to the team leadership of the front door and frailty team managing, supervising and developing staff members within the team and wider therapies services.
To provide and develop a high standard of Occupational Therapy services in the Front door and Frailty specialties.
To manage a caseload of patients independently, implementing standerdised and non-standerdised interventions and principles, alongside balancing non clinical duties in a flexible and responsive manner.
To work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to promote independence and to facilitate a safe, timely and appropriate discharge.
To contribute to clinical audit and service development, working with senior team members, professional leads, and Head of Therapies.
To be a role model for the profession of Occupational Therapy, both within and outside the Trust, through the demonstration of the Trust values; Respectful, Compassionate and Excellent
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025