Experienced Occupational Therapist; Elderly Care

Overview

Band 6 Experienced Occupational Therapist (Elderly Care). This static post provides an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking and highly valued therapy team within Elderly Care. The role involves providing specialist therapy for older people and involvement in service development projects to provide continuous improvement within the area. The post will be operating across the six inpatient elderly care wards including the Hip Fracture Unit;

working with individuals with a variety of complex needs. Additionally, there are clinical responsibilities for the weekly Movement Disorders and Falls MDT Clinics. The role also requires a willingness to develop leadership skills, an excellent opportunity for a Band 5 or 6 looking to further their career.

• To be an occupational therapist specialist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
• To participate in the operational management and clinical leadership of occupational therapy in conjunction with the Band 7 Advanced specialist.
• To use specialist occupational therapy knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the occupational therapy team and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
• To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient occupational therapy service in designated area.
• To be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development in these departments.
• To deputise for the Band 7 Advanced specialist as required.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north.

The Trust is Reading’s biggest employer. We attract Occupational Therapists from all over the country and internationally. For more about what we do, see the Trust’s social media and Therapies Practice Education Team activities. The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good. Our CARE values: Com passionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Josie Caffrey, Occupational Therapy Professional Lead, Email: josie.c, Telephone: . Josie Caffrey (Occupational Therapy Professional Lead)  / josie.c Rachel Thomas (Therapies Education & Workforce Lead) rachel.