Job overview

The Occupational Therapy team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital is looking for a motivated and dynamic band 4 assistant practitioner to join the orthopaedic team.

Your role will involve working with patients both pre operatively as well as post operatively on our wards following elective joint replacement surgery and on our fractured neck of femur ward.

This will form part of a job share to join staff member who works 3 days a week to ensure a seamless cover for our patients.

This is a part time post of 15 hours per week over 2 days.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will assist in the overall implementation and evaluation of care as part of the Occupational Therapy team. The post holder will deliver clinical care under indirect supervision and guidance from a registered practitioner undertaking delegated tasks within competency boundaries.
• The post holder will contribute to the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will have the knowledge to interpret information and be skilled in taking appropriate action(s) to achieve the planned outcome. The post holder will contribute to the maintenance of a safe clinical environment.
• The job holder will actively support the assessment and supervision of trainee or new assistant practitioners, students and clinical support workers. This will include leading and co-ordinating a team of clinical support workers.
• The job holder will be expected to practice in accordance with PAH NHS Trust policies, guidelines, standards and statutory requirements and operate within defined competency boundaries.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.