occupational therapist Chichester, England
Job description
Are you an occupational therapist looking to develop foundational competences ahead of a fascinating career? If so, you are warmly invited to join the friendly, cohesive and supportive occupational therapy team at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester.
Occupational therapists at St Richard’s are well-respected within the MDT, and enjoy a wide range of development opportunities, gaining a deep understanding of patient care across a broad range of specialisms. These include acute neurology, neuro rehabilitation, cardiac, respiratory, gastric, amputee, frailty, trauma, surgery, orthopaedic, and palliative care.
St Richards Hospital sits at the foot of South Downs National Park, in the heart of Chichester which is a lively and historic university city. The hospital is a well-established institutional member of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, meaning that band-5 occupational therapists also have access to rotational opportunities at nearby Worthing and Southlands hospitals (there is a free shuttle bus between sites).
Beyond your clinical competences, you will be well-supported to develop core skills such as leadership, communication, MDT working, education, research and leadership within our AHP Preceptorship Programme, which facilitates and supports your career progression.
To provide occupational therapy interventions as part of an evidence
based, flexible and patient-centred approach, working within a Multi
Disciplinary team, to meet the health and social care needs of people
who are referred to our services.
To perform an occupational therapy role for people referred to the post
holder’s clinical team with health and social care needs.
To provide supervision and support for relevant junior members of
occupational therapy staff in conjunction with senior staff.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of
Occupational Therapy services within a designated team.
To support the supervision and training for students on practice
placement.
Each day will provide you with different and varied opportunities.
We are also open to supporting return to practice applicants.
Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops
At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.
Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
Main duties by factor:
Communications and Relationship skills - (Factor 1)
- To liaise with health and social care professionals, family, carers and other related private, statutory and voluntary organisations, providing written reports, recommendations and referrals where appropriate.
- To communicate effectively with patients, carers, colleagues and other agencies, demonstrating developed verbal and non-verbal skills to communicate often complex concepts, managing barriers to communications such as dysphasia, learning difficulties, cognitive or sensory difficulties, other languages etc.
- To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to inform accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a range of clinical conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive goals and discharge plans.
- To use activity analysis techniques in conjunction with patient centred practice (patient choice and patient priorities), to select and grade activities in order to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of interventions.
- To support and assist senior staff in the planning and delivery of the Occupational Therapy service in line with departmental development strategies.
- To provide support, guidance, teaching and supervision to non-qualified staff.
- To ensure that written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and trust standards.
- To have a basic knowledge of good resource management and budgetary constraints.
