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Band 3 Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant
Band 3
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Band 3 - Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant- patient treatment focused post.
Are you
- passionate about top class patient care with a belief that everyday matters,
- ready for a new challenge,
- driven to promote the value of Occupational Therapy and therefore influence the narrative of OT for future generations,
- committed to making the NHS having a brighter future
Do you want
- to learn in a fast-paced hospital setting,
- grow your knowledge about acute rehab and discharge planning and your clinical skills,
- work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience,
- develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, and experienced Occupational Therapy leaders,
We can offer:
- a great opportunity to mix patient facing assessment skills and equipment provision,
- excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support, supervision, and appraisal from senior colleagues,
- generous training opportunities
- a great enthusiastic friendly team to work along side
Our department, based at Wexham Park Hospital, works across a range of specialities which include: Acute & Elderly Care Medicine, A&E, Stroke, Palliative and Orthopaedics & Surgery.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
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 post is a key part of the OT service, and is responsible for undertaking patient facing, acute rehab, equipment, housekeeping, and administrative duties. This role has the focus on patient related work with close peer work with the equipment focused Band 3 post holder. The post holder will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the workload of Band 2 OTAs. It also involves liaison with outside agencies and patients’ families so excellent communication skills are essential.
The post is based at Wexham Park Hospital, but applicants need to be able to travel between Frimley Health’s hospitals and go out to patients’ homes.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we also participate in care certificate and apprentice programmes. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We provide a service to Frimley Park, Wexham Park, Farnham and Heatherwood Hospitals, as well as our local community team. This offers great development opportunities in a fast-paced settings which provide seven-day services to our patients.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population. We work towards a 7 day service so all staff can be expected to work within this structure.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post.
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QUALIFICATIONS
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Good general education
- GCSE / equivalent in Maths and English level c or above
- Understanding of acute OT role within the MDT
Meini prawf dymunol
- NVQ or equivalent in OT or relevant care areas
COMPETENCIES
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to work single handedly with individuals and groups
- Efective written and verbal communication skills
- Team Player - understanding of team dynamics
Meini prawf dymunol
- Use of therapy or hospital computer systems
Professional
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Work with people in a caring capacity
- Understanding of OT role in the acute physical hospital setting
- Experience working as an OT Assistant
- Customer care training or awareness
Meini prawf dymunol
- work with wheelchairs / adaptive equipment
- Understanding of health and safety / risk assessment
Special
Meini prawf hanfodol
- willingness to rotate cllinical area of work
- willingness to work flexibly
- can travel between base and patients home, carrying equipment
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Caroline Reynolds
- Teitl y swydd
- Principal OT -Wexham
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0300 6134421
Rhestr swyddi gyda Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd neu bob sector