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Occupational Therapist

On-site in Oxford·Full-time·Added today (last checked 16 Oct)

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Overview

Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 a year
About £2,220 - £2,640 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Oxford
Contract: Permanent contract, full-time hours
Closing date: Apply by Thursday 29 October

Skills

Occupational Therapy

The role

Job overview

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a band 5 to join our team of neuro-rehabilitation occupational therapists at OCE.

The Neurological Rehabilitation Service at the OCE provides in and outpatient
rehabilitation for adults with neurological disorders and a day service for patients with long
term neurological disorders.
The Occupational Therapy team provides specialist assessment and treatment to patients
admitted to the service working within a interdisciplinary team of physiotherapists, nurses,
doctors, speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists.

Main duties of the job

As a band 5 OT at OCE you will be:

Working autonomously as part of the Occupational Therapy team
providing assessment and treatment to patients referred to the service.
Have your own caseload and work under the guidance of the senior OTs/Lead OT as appropriate.
Working as part of the interdisciplinary team at OCE providing specialist
rehabilitation.
Assisting the Lead Occupational Therapist in the provision, monitoring
and development of the Occupational Therapy Service in the Oxford Centre for Enablement
Responsible for maintaining and developing your own continuous
professional development.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy (OT) or in last 6 months of studies.
Relevant Undergraduate/Postgraduate Occupational Therapy clinical experience

Desirable criteria

HCPC registration

Experience/Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills
Knowledge, understanding of the OT process, OT models and evidence based practice
Knowledge of therapy assessment techniques and tools.
Problem solving approach
Able to demonstrate ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team

Desirable criteria

Relevant clinical experience in a hospital setting

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.