Are you a current Band 5 OT wanting to take the next step in your career to a Senior OT post? Or are you currently practicing as a Senior OT but are interested in the experience that an acute hospital rotation will provide? If so, we have the job for you!
This exciting rotational full time post in the specialised services Therapies team at the University Hospitals of North Midlands has rotations including:
o Acute Rehabilitation Trauma Unit
o Fractured Neck of Femur
o Cardiothoracics
o Neurosurgery & Neurology
We are proud to treat the patients who are admitted to our Trust through our Major Trauma Centre, and want to ensure we continue to provide them with the highest standards of care. You will have the opportunity to be involved in providing early rehabilitation and complex discharge planning for a range of different conditions and injuries that are treated within a major trauma centre, included hand therapy interventions for trauma and elective patients.
You will be part of a large combined therapies team, which can offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities. Supervision will be provided by an Advanced Therapist and continuous development is supported through appraisal, internal training and external learning.
Therapy Services at UHNM work within a 7 day shift system therefore the post holder will be required to work weekends, late shifts and bank holidays.
If you feel you have the experience required, are motivated and want to take the opportunity to work at an acute trust then we would love to hear from you. We are happy to support candidates to come and visit our teams and the clinical areas, if you so wish.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
