Senior Occupational Therapist - Avocet (Candino CA, Candino, CA)
Avocet Court has an exciting opportunity for a full‑time permanent Band 6 Occupational Therapist, 37.5 hours per week. We work in close partnership with the three East Suffolk Community Hospitals, Ipswich Hospital and as part of the wider ESNEFT NHS Trust.
You will work as part of the therapy team consisting of a therapy team lead, physiotherapist and therapy assistant practitioners, to promote the discharge of patients and assess pathways for in‑patients. You will also work closely alongside social care, the multidisciplinary team and the Ipswich Hospital transfer of care hub.
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with commitment and enthusiasm, who has a passion to work as part of a team to progress patients’ reablement goals and use a range of therapy interventions to facilitate timely and appropriate discharges.
Key responsibilities include:
- Responsible alongside the multidisciplinary team for daily caseload management of therapy interventions ensuring all patients receive timely, appropriate, effective treatment and discharge planning.
- Planning and implementing single or a programme of interventions using treatment techniques to meet the patient’s needs.
- Applying understanding of the effects and impact of illness and disability on patient’s abilities and providing advice and education regarding lifestyle changes/adaptations to their physical and social environment.
- Participating in own and others’ continuous career development, appraisal processes and other developmental activities according to professional registration and trust policies.
- Supervising and assisting in the development of junior clinicians, non-qualified staff and students on placement.
- Undertaking audit of both clinical practice and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
Our organization – ESNEFT – provides hospital and community health services to almost one million people across East Suffolk and North Essex. We employ more than 12,000 staff across acute hospitals, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and patients’ own homes. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff with a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro‑rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those that cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic to bring the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you.
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Seniority level
- Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
- Contract
Job function
- Health Care Provider
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