Senior Occupational Therapist - Vascular, Orthopaedics & Surgery

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Dip COT or BSc (Hons) in OT
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendances at recent post graduate courses/ in-service trainings relevant to the speciality

Desirable criteria

• Membership of BAOT/RCOT or similar
• Practice educators certificate

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
• Evidence of broad based postgraduate experience to include experience in orthopaedics or elderly care
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Work experience, student or therapy assistant supervision

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supervising junior staff or non-qualified
• Experience within the NHS
• Knowledge of working in liaison with community therapy services and intermediate care services

Skills

Essential criteria

• Understand the legal responsibilites of the profession
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate appropriately
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of wider local and national agendas and impact on OT

Communication

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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