Clinical Occupational Therapy Team Lead – Frailty

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Occupational Therapy Team Lead for their inpatient team in Hereford. This role involves clinical leadership, managing Occupational Therapists, and overseeing patient care in frailty teams. Excellent communication skills and ability to work autonomously are essential. The position offers a competitive salary from £47,810 to £54,710 pro rata and supports staff development, ensuring a balanced work-life environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary communication and assessments.
• Ability to work autonomously using specialist knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Occupational Therapist teams at Hereford County Hospital.
• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions.
• Support the development of 7 day working across the inpatient team.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of patient conditions and therapy interventions

Strong communication skills

Autonomous decision making

Ability to manage busy caseloads

Education

HCPC registration

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Willingness for further training at Masters level

Tools

Computer skills including word processing and email

Job description

Clinical Occupational Therapy Team Lead – Frailty

Due to re-location, we have an exciting opportunity to recruit an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient team, working alongside other Band 7 Therapists to lead the inpatient frailty teams.

This role would be an excellent opportunity to broader your leadership experience, whilst working in a clinical specialty, providing clinical leadership and be responsible for the operational management of Occupational Therapists working of the inpatient Occupational Therapy teams. In addition this is a clinical role working across front door frailty and on the inpatient Frailty Wards at Hereford County Hospital.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that will be able to demonstrate safe, patient centred approach to care, under pinned by sound clinical knowledge in evidence-based assessment. You should be a practitioner with excellent communication skills and the ability to work autonomously.

Successful applicants will also be expected to contribute to weekend & Bank Holiday working.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit then please contact:Emma Hill - Clinical Manager Occupational Therapy 01432 372995 / [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as team leader for the Occupational Therapy in-patient teams based at Hereford County Hospital. Working collaboratively with the other inpatient Occupational and Physiotherapy team leads.

The post holder will be responsible for line managing the Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy assistants at a professional & operational level, ensuring good caseload management and meeting the needs of the service and patients, this includes working across 7 days to support patient flow. This will include working within the in-patients team to provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessments where appropriate and direct interventions when necessary.

This role will also be required to support development of 7 day working across the inpatient team.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• HCPC registered
• Evidence of or willingness to undertake further training at Masters level
• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Broad, developed and advanced knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and highly specialist Therapy skills
• Extensive evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
• Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
• Able to make independent, sound, advanced clinical decisions and problem solve
• Able to manage and facilitate others in dealing with busy case load and prioritise
• Ability to work autonomously using highly specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries

Experience

• Extensive NHS or equivalent experience in specialist area e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
• Experience of team leadership, management and positive role modelling
• Student practice placement educator and experience of having students
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
• Supervisory experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpro rata, per annum