Occupational Therapist (Band 5 Rotation) Salisbury Therapy Services are looking for new (or experienced) and talented Band 5 Occupational Therapist to help support developing patient pathways and new projects within this medium sized and friendly NHS Trust.
We have immediate vacancies available within our Band 5 rotation.
Salisbury has all the expected core rotations as well as opportunities in regional centres such as the Spinal Rehabilitation Centre & Burns & Plastics.As a Band 5 you will be supported in developing your core skills in assessing, treating and managing a caseload of patients across various wards and departments.
You will have the freedom to act within broad occupational policies and will be accountable for your own actions.
You will be expected to monitor and support the work of the Therapy Assistants, as well as contributing to the improvement of therapy services.
Main duties of the job We would also welcome applications from undergraduates qualifying in the summer, as we are able to be flexible regarding start dates, potentially starting in an assistant role pending HCPC registrationYour development is important to us and so you will have access to supervision, mentorship and internal leadership training, as well as encouragement to contribute to service development and staff training.Early applications would be welcome and may result in an interview before the closing date if appropriate.
You will be HCPC registered, with a BSc, Diploma or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
Experience in the NHS will be necessary (this could be on clinical placements) and experience of working with a variety of conditions would be an advantage.Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities About us Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us.
Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre.
We have about 470 beds and employ over **** staff.We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.
We think working here is pretty rewarding.
You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.
With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.
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Person Specification Qualifications/Experience HCPC Registration or qualifying in Aug ****Diploma or degree in Occupational TherapyExperience of working in the NHS ( including student placements ) Additional Linking placements to applicationDesire to work at Salisbury Foundation Trustevidence of alturistic extracurricular activites Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) **** and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata if part time