Job overview

Band 6 - Senior Neuro Occupational Therapist

Are you:

• Looking for an excellent opportunity to work with our Acute / Hyper-acute and stroke teams?
• Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters?
• Looking for new learning opportunities to expand your competencies & skills?
• Ready for a new challenge?
• Driven to change the narrative of OT within the Trust and our wider communities to promote and develop a strong workforce now for future generations?
• Committed to making the NHS have a brighter future?

Do you want:

• To learn in a fast-paced hospital and community setting?
• Work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience?
• Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, experienced Occupational Therapy leaders?
• Develop strong leadership skills to assist with service and people development
• A workplace that has energy and a drive to proactively respond and think outside the box for the best service now and into the future?

We can offer:

• An acute experience providing you with diverse experience working with stroke and other neurological conditions,
• Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues,
• Peer support from a large group of colleagues on the rotation
• Opportunities for service improvement
• Excellent CPD opportunities 

Main duties of the job

• The Senior OT contributes to the provision, co-ordination and development of OT services for their specific section. 
• Assists in training and supervising junior staff and students and participates in administrative functions of the OT Department. 
• To provide excellent, high quality person centred clinical care that advocates for patients.
• Strive to provide a service fit for today and the future. 
• Develop personal leadership to support clinical growth. 
• The successful post holder should have experience working with stroke and a range of other neurological conditionals.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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