Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner Derby, England
Job description
The Occupational Therapy team at Royal Derby Hospital - are looking to appoint motivated Occupational Therapy Support workers with a passion for acute orthopaedic care. Applications are invited from those with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and previous experience as an OTA in an acute inpatient orthopaedic setting. Candidates are required to hold an NVQ level 3, Level 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker apprenticeship and/or relevant Occupational therapy Band 3/4 competencies. It is essential to hold a full driving licence to support equipment visits using a trust vehicle.
As an Assistant Practitioner you will hold a varied clinical caseload in an acute multidisciplinary setting and lead on discharge planning of elective hip and knee joint replacement patients. Previous experience of delivering Occupational Therapy in an orthopaedic setting is essential to this role.
You will have the opportunity to undertake preoperative assessment, lead group education classes as well as hold a ward-based caseload.
The service operates a 7 day service and flexibility is required to work a set pattern of hours that includes extended hours in the evenings and one day every weekend for which enhancements are payable.
- Assessment and treatment, to include patients with a wide variety of conditions.
- Close MDT working and discharge planning in a high-pressured environment.
- Contribute to supporting student Therapists on placement
- Lead discharge planning.
- Undertake 1to1 pre op assessment and group education classes
Interview date: 16 October 2023
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
