Job overview

The Medical Specialties and Oncology therapy team are seeking a highly motivated individual to join us in a newly developed rotational Band 7 OT position.
Do you have a passion for acute medicine, oncology and palliative care, enjoy working in a fast-paced acute healthcare environment and can demonstrate advanced communication & strong leadership skills.

We are seeking an individual who can demonstrate rapid and robust decision-making skills while considering what matters most to the patient and families.                                                                                                                                                                       The role will have a large focus on MDT working & supporting innovation & development in the team. You will be supported by your Band 7 peers & Clinical Lead Therapist to deliver service improvement.

The post holder will rotate on a 12-month basis across the following specialties: Renal, acute oncology & palliative care.  Other specialities covered include gastroenterology, endocrine & a short stay ward.

If you have the experience outlined above and want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop services whilst being valued and supported, then apply today.

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of the provision of services to patients across the medical specialty & oncology wards.

To give highly specialist guidance to other members of the MDT on matters relating to your specialist area 

To negotiate and enable changes in the patient’s quality of life, by developing their transition between roles and optimising purposeful, meaningful activity. This involves assessment, practice of functional tasks, counselling, motivating and reintegration back into the community and includes supporting the patient’s carer/relative and educating them on specific rehabilitation techniques to optimise independence. 

To provide a consultation role in teaching and supporting colleagues’ on matters relating to specialist area.

To give highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area 

Provide leadership for the Occupational Therapy team, in conjunction with the Clinical Lead and other Band 7 staff, in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Occupational Therapy service provided to patients across medical specialty wards.

To provide a lead role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, Band 6 and Band 5, Student Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants on a daily basis.

To deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required 

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. 

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. 

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. 

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.