We recently went into partnership with Bournemouth University and, with the merger of Poole Hospital and Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, became University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust this is a really exciting time to join us!

Our ambitious multi-million pound plans to develop our sites are well underway, including developing RBH as the major acute and emergency hospital in East Dorset, PH as the major planned care hospital, and ambitious plans for Christchurch to support on-going patient treatment.

Joining UHD gives you the opportunity to enjoy all that Dorset has to offer. Bournemouth is a vibrant university town , and Poole has a large natural harbour and is perfect for water sports or relaxing at a quayside restaurant.

With both the New Forest and Isle of Purbeck on our doorstep, over 7 miles of stunning sandy beaches and coastal paths, we are located within an area of amazing beauty providing a great place for you to achieve your rewarding work life balance.

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We are looking for an experienced clinical Occupational Therapist; with a clinical interest in frailty; to join the therapy clinical leadership team in the Older People’s Services Therapy Team at University Hospital Dorset, (Poole Site).

Are you passionate about working with older people and looking for an opportunity for career development, to be at the forefront of exciting changes in partnership working and to be a part of dynamic and well-respected team?

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a new permanent, full time Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, specialising in the needs of older people and frail vulnerable adults within the older people’s wards and ‘Front of House’ areas - Emergency Department, and older people assessment units at Poole Hospital. We are extremely proud of our service and specialty and hope to inspire you to come and join our team.

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will be encouraged and supported to develop your existing extended skills and advanced practice in frailty with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated frailty and admission avoidance team. You will be supported to develop quality improvement skills and lead projects to develop the service so it is fit for the future. You will work with other Clinical Specialist Therapists across UHD as part of a collaborative leadership model to support the whole team more widely.

This role will have a strong clinical focus and as such we are looking for a confident clinician who can develop skills within the team. This post holder will also need to build close links with the multidisciplinary team to ensure we continue to deliver excellent care to older people and develop expertise in our workforce beyond therapy.

The role will include line management of staff and the post holder will also have an opportunity to develop people management skills and will need organisational, communication and management skills.

This is an ideal opportunity for you to positively influence patient care if you have:

• Clinical expertise working with older people with complex needs
• Effective leadership skills
• Motivation to develop services putting the patient first

This post includes 7 day working and therefore the post holder will be expected to participate in weekend working and alternative shift patterns. The post holder must be a car driver and ideally will have access to a car for work purposes.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name Vicki Piper

Job title Stroke Therapy Lead UHD

Email address vicki.piper@uhd.nhs.uk

Telephone number 0300 019 3240

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We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network Group (LGBTQ+), European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Please note:

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations when service demands require it.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.