Occupational Therapy Practitioner Manchester, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Occupational Therapy Practitioner to work as part of the Acute Occupational Therapy Team at MFT Wythenshawe Site.
You will work as an interdisciplinary practitioner supporting the role of all members of the team to ensure high quality patient focused care is provided for Acute Medical, Respiratory, Cardiac and Surgical patients within the acute hospital setting.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in Occupational Therapy and to work closely with the multidisciplinary teams in the areas of Medicine and Surgery. You will work alongside the Occupational Therapists and be involved in the treatment, goal setting and discharge planning of patients.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person who has ideally had previous experience working with Occupational Therapists either in an acute or community setting. You should be able to work as directed by the qualified therapists on the team, but also be competent and feel confident to carry out your own caseload reporting back to the team. You should have the ability to be motivating and empathetic to enable patient’s to achieve their full potential and facilitate their discharge from the Acute setting.
You will work as an interdisciplinary practitioner supporting the role of all members of the team to ensure high quality patient focused care is provided for Acute Medical, Respiratory, Cardiac and Surgical patients within the acute hospital setting.
You should have competent IT skills that enable you to navigate our electronic systems in the Trust and other service systems.
The successful candidate should have excellent communications skills to enable face to face discussion as well as telephone and electronic devices.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
