We are looking for an experienced occupational therapist who has the passion and drive to lead occupational therapists within the surgical, cardiorespiratory and critical care teams in our acute hospital setting.
This is requiring a person who is motivated and willing to contribute to facilitate, design and lead service development. You will join a friendly and dynamic team, working alongside band 7 physiotherapists in supporting and developing the team’s work across critical care, cardiorespiratory and surgical wards, including amputee patients. Ensuring a high-quality therapy service that is patient-centred and evidenced based practice is embedded in its provision. The successful applicant will provide advanced clinical support, advice and training to both the OT team and the wider therapy/multidisciplinary service. They will have their own clinical caseload and supervise band 6 and band 5 OTs plus support staff.
The post holder should have expertise in advanced clinical reasoning and assessment skills of complex cases and discharge planning working in a busy multi-disciplinary hospital environment, including general experience in surgical, respiratory, amputee and neurology. They should also have advanced interpersonal and communication skills.

The post holder will

• Take a leading role in the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with critical illness, post-operative problems and long term respiratory conditions.
• Work autonomously as an expert clinician, liaising effectively with other health professionals to ensure evidence based delivery of service within professional scope of practice.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day operational delivery of Occupational Therapy services in critical care, cardiorespiratory and surgical wards.
• Provide leadership in specialist field and be a key contributor to quality improvement, research and audit.
• Work in partnership with the band 7 specialist physiotherapists within critical care, surgery and respiratory.
• Support staff development and training across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Be involved in developing the service in line with national and local strategic plans.

Ashford and St Peter’s offer a seven day service across some specialities and you will be expected to support this on a rota system.
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter’s, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
On-site Nurseries
On-site staff cafes
On-site parking
Support in career development
Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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