Job overview

At Wessex Rehab, we go beyond standard outpatient rehabilitation. Within the spacious facility you’ll find a large gym and private treatment areas, as well as our more unusual therapy spaces including a bouldering wall, industrial workshop and hydrotherapy pool. Patients referred to our facility have often suffered significant, life changing physical injuries and have undergone advanced and interesting surgical reconstruction.

As part of the multi-disciplinary lower limb and pain service specialist teams, you’ll treat patients with a range of injuries and conditions and will deliver tailored rehabilitation programmes in both 1:1 and group environments. It is essential that you enjoy working with other therapists and approach complex problems with optimism and flexibility. The post holder will spend multiple sessions per week with each service user and will be expected to guide them from the acute stage, through advanced rehab and toward long term goals including return to work.

 Please follow the link for a Virtual Tour of Wessex Rehab: https://youtu.be/ynkAv5kljV8

Main duties of the job

To work as an Occupational Therapy practitioner in the integrated complex lower limb trauma and chronic pain multi-disciplinary service at Salisbury District Hospital, within a specialist outpatient rehabilitation setting. 

To work as an autonomous practitioner under the guidance of Specialist Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.

·      To deliver an effective, intensive and efficient specialist rehabilitation service to patients with a range of musculoskeletal trauma and chronic pain presentations. To work collaboratively with colleagues within the therapy team to provide timely and proactive occupational therapy intervention throughout a patient’s treatment pathway. 

·       To participate in assessment, treatment-planning and intervention for patients with complex trauma, chronic pain and following amputation, adding Occupational Therapy insight to the management plan. 

·       To deliver one to one and group-based therapy to patients following complex trauma or lower limb injury including limb loss.

·         To deliver one to one and group-based education and therapy to patients with persistent pain; with the goal of fostering self-management approaches in this group.

·         To tailor occupational based interventions to maximise independence and quality of life within activities of daily living.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

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We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk