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Are you a band 5 or 6 looking to gain further rotational experience in the acute setting? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5/6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, innovative and dynamic Therapies team at Kettering General Hospital.

The Therapy team holds a high profile within the wider trust and is at the forefront of many service development strategies, continually developing and introducing new, pioneering prospects for the service.

Our Therapy Service provides high-quality assessment and treatment, beginning in A&E, MAU and Urgent Care areas, following patients through to the wards (Specialties include Acute Medicine, Endocrinology, Gerontology, Cardio-respiratory, Surgery and Orthopaedics).

If you are ready to take on your first leadership role and specialise within acute care then this post is ideally suited to you.

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Please apply for the following post if you are:

• A recently qualified Band 5,  who will be interested in an accelerated Band 5 to 6 Development Programme – this is a supported programme focusing on developing your leadership skills and, practice development training while consolidating your clinical experience. You will have regular supervision to facilitate your personal and professional development from band 5 to band 6.
• An existing Band 6 looking for the next step in your career or to gain some more experience to consolidate and develop your existing clinical and leadership skills further.
• An Occupational Therapist looking to Return to Practice with an exciting structured 6 month initiative to provide a Band 6 opportunity for Occupational Therapists with previous appropriate experience in the acute setting. We support with exposure to wide clinical settings, online learning, competencies and University modules. Initially you will be paid as a Band 4 until you regain your HCPC registration, where after you will be re-graded as a Band 6.

We have an established Band 6 development programme focusing on both clinical and leadership development as well as the opportunity to attend Trust leadership programmes. All posts are supported with regular supervision, in-service training and appraisals.

This post is 37.5 hours and all posts will be expected to work across seven days

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 WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR US:

• Great learning and development opportunities to enable all staff to fulfil their potential
• Bespoke Therapies Leadership programme
• Weekly speciality teaching 

We remain committed to your professional development to ensure we maintain high quality standards keeping our patients at the forefront of our service delivery.

As part of our Trust’s commitment to Improving Working Lives, we offer staff a range of facilities and family friendly policies.
We are an equal opportunities employer.

If you are successful in your application for this position your commencement date will coincide with the Trust’s Induction programme held on a monthly basis. Attendance on the full induction programme is a mandatory requirement prior to starting in the work area. Therefore, if parts of this induction fall outside of the normal contracted hours of duty for this position, you will be requested to make arrangements to enable you to fully attend the Induction.