Role Summary
This position is based as part of the OT/PT therapy team at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre (PEOC), located on the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital site. The post holder will support the physiotherapy and occupational therapy teams to deliver functional assessments and implement treatment and advice to ward based patients. This will include hands–on physical treatment, functional task practice and consideration of home circumstances. The post-holder will be responsible for assisting with timely and appropriate discharges from the ward or transfer to other services as appropriate. The post-holder will liaise closely with senior staff across the team.
The post holder is responsible for providing Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis & treatment of a specified caseload within the Trauma & Orthopaedic Ward environment.
Patient management will include the assessment and the delivery of care; including liaison with patients, family, appropriate members of the MDT and external agencies. This post will involve delegation and supervision of appropriate tasks to bands 2 and 3.
This post is static within the clinical speciality area of the orthopaedic Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy service working flexibly over 7 days including evenings and bank holidays.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
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More detail about the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Elective Orthopaedic service at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital as band 4 Therapy Assistant Practitioner.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust is a welcoming Trust, focused on valuing a person’s differences and encouraging them to grow and flourish in their role in healthcare. It is set in one of the most beautiful areas of the UK with easy access to the coast and the Dartmoor national park.
This 37.5 hour/week position will support the physiotherapy and occupational therapy teams by providing hands–on physical treatment, functional task practice and consideration of home circumstances to assist in the assessment, diagnosis & treatment of a specified caseload within the Trauma & Orthopaedic Ward environment. There may also be an opportunity to assist the OT service in the pre-operative assessment of patients.
The post holder will work alongside the therapy teams and provide close liaison with family, carers and external agencies to ensure safe and effective transfer of patient therapy from the in-patient setting to home or other services as appropriate. The aim will be to support same day discharge where possible.
The post includes regular weekend and bank holidays, long days and commitments across seven days.
Working Pattern: Between 8am and 8pm across 7 days including bank holidays
Interview Date: TBC
For further information please contact: Lucy Murray, Clinical Lead OT for Orthopaedics, on Lucy.Murray5@nhs.net or 07823661641 (Wednesday and Friday only)
This is a fixed term contract until March 2023. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
