We are excited to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Cardiac, Critical Care and Surgery team at the Northern General Hospital.
Our skilful and compassionate team provides therapy across a range of acute inpatient services including General and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracics and Cardiology. They offer assessments and interventions for patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery, post trauma or during conservative management of long-term conditions.
Working closely with a range of therapy staff and the MDT, this post provides the opportunity to learn, teach and contribute to high quality care and ongoing service improvement.
Are you an Occupational Therapist with?
Post graduate experience including acute in-patients.
Clinical reasoning and processing skills, including functional assessment and discharge planning to enable you to manage a complex caseload.
Excellent communication and team working skills across the MDT.
A passion for improving patient outcomes and contributing to the ongoing development of the Occupational Therapy service of the future.
Experience in demonstrating behaviours that align with our PROUD values.
We Offer:
- A diverse and talented team who foster an environment where your development and wellbeing matter.
- Investment in supervision, support and learning opportunities that facilitate individual and team growth.
You Would Gain:
- Excellent clinical experience across a range of specialties.
- Caseload management skills including complex cases with supervision from the Lead Therapist/ Clinical Specialists.
- Skills in staff and student supervision, performance management and development.
- Opportunity to participate in service development.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
