Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full or part time permanent band 6 occupational therapist to join our rotation programme. This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, knowledge and leadership across a range of settings within the acute and community assessment bed setting. This role would be suitable for someone seeking to develop their clinical and leadership skills at Band 6 level in a wide range of specialities.



You will benefit from working in a busy NHS Trust offering rotational experience in the following: Medicine, Respiratory, Neurology/Stroke, Orthopaedics and Early Intervention.?Some of the rotational teams roster over a seven-day period. Venues for delivering our services include inpatient wards, and community inpatient bed settings.



To provide assessments and interventions to patients within the rotational settings. To participate in professional supervision and training for other occupational therapists, students and therapy assistants. To assist the team lead in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the service provided to patients, on a day-to-day basis. To provide additional support in the absence of the team lead and to the wider teams as required. To actively contribute to service improvements to ensure practice is of the highest quality, evidence based and meets the needs of the local population.



#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community



We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.



The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.



Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.



We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.



With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.



We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.



Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?



Please see job description.



If you have any queries please contact Lisa Enright, Service Lead Occupational Therapy on the below:



lisa.enright@wsh.nhs.uk



01284 713639