Senior Orthopaedic Occupational Therapist | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 26 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 25 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Cwmni: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7439750/249-7330915-2 |
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Senior Orthopaedic Occupational Therapist / Band 6
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Orthopaedic Therapy team at the Great Western Hospital.
You will work in an integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Rehabilitation Assistants and provide therapy to all Orthopaedic patients on the Elective and Trauma wards at Great Western Hospital.
Experience of working in Orthopaedics is essential as you will be responsible for providing specialist care to a wide variety of Orthopaedic patients including major trauma, spinal and head injuries.
You will be involved in the supervision and teaching of band 5 staff, rehabilitation assistants and students, and will have opportunities to be involved with service developments and improvements.
We would welcome interest from experienced Band 5s looking for experience as a band 6, or an established band 6 looking to further develop their skills.
Manage and be responsible for a complex clinical caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused, rehabilitative approach for a broad range of conditions, in all areas where there are orthopedic patients.
To foster good communication and develop strong networks with other members of the interdisciplinary team, multi-disciplinary team members, carers and external agencies concerned with the management of the patient.
To identify service development needs and implement the planning, development and evaluation of the service, and hold responsibility for defined projects.
To be able to stand in for the Team Leader in their absence if required.
To participate in the orthopedic weekend rota.
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.
To act as a specialist clinician within the Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy Service and carry a complex diverse case load which may include traumatic brain injury, Intensive Care, multiple trauma, complex children’s surgery, orthopaedic, musculo-skeletal, surgical, medical and psychiatric conditions.
To assess the need for and to carry out assessment of the home environment making recommendations and referral for adaptations or equipment provision i.e. an environmental assessment without patient, a home assessment with patient, follow-up visits and pre-operative home visits for planned surgery.
To devise Occupational Therapy treatment plans and goals in collaboration with the patient, relatives, their carers and the Multidisciplinary Team and Interdisciplinary Team.
To have a good understanding of the effect of disability, to be able to educate patient, relatives and carers in issues relating to their diagnosis/prognosis and promote an understanding of its functional
implications and the adaptation required.
Please see attached Job Description for full details of this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Orthopaedic Therapy team at the Great Western Hospital.
You will work in an integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Rehabilitation Assistants and provide therapy to all Orthopaedic patients on the Elective and Trauma wards at Great Western Hospital.
Experience of working in Orthopaedics is essential as you will be responsible for providing specialist care to a wide variety of Orthopaedic patients including major trauma, spinal and head injuries.
You will be involved in the supervision and teaching of band 5 staff, rehabilitation assistants and students, and will have opportunities to be involved with service developments and improvements.
We would welcome interest from experienced Band 5s looking for experience as a band 6, or an established band 6 looking to further develop their skills.
Manage and be responsible for a complex clinical caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused, rehabilitative approach for a broad range of conditions, in all areas where there are orthopedic patients.
To foster good communication and develop strong networks with other members of the interdisciplinary team, multi-disciplinary team members, carers and external agencies concerned with the management of the patient.
To identify service development needs and implement the planning, development and evaluation of the service, and hold responsibility for defined projects.
To be able to stand in for the Team Leader in their absence if required.
To participate in the orthopedic weekend rota.
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.
To act as a specialist clinician within the Orthopaedic Occupational Therapy Service and carry a complex diverse case load which may include traumatic brain injury, Intensive Care, multiple trauma, complex children’s surgery, orthopaedic, musculo-skeletal, surgical, medical and psychiatric conditions.
To assess the need for and to carry out assessment of the home environment making recommendations and referral for adaptations or equipment provision i.e. an environmental assessment without patient, a home assessment with patient, follow-up visits and pre-operative home visits for planned surgery.
To devise Occupational Therapy treatment plans and goals in collaboration with the patient, relatives, their carers and the Multidisciplinary Team and Interdisciplinary Team.
To have a good understanding of the effect of disability, to be able to educate patient, relatives and carers in issues relating to their diagnosis/prognosis and promote an understanding of its functional
implications and the adaptation required.
Please see attached Job Description for full details of this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
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