Clinical Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Ortho, Trauma & Frailty

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A distinguished healthcare provider in Hereford seeks experienced Occupational Therapists to join their inpatient team. The successful candidate will lead the orthopaedic and frailty teams, providing clinical leadership and operational management. Ideal applicants will demonstrate a patient-centered approach, effective communication skills, and the ability to manage caseloads autonomously. This role supports a collaborative working environment and contributes to 7-day service delivery, offering a commitment to quality care in the community.

Benefits

Great work-life balance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrate sound clinical knowledge in evidence-based assessment.
• Ability to manage caseloads effectively.
• Experience in leading teams within a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the inpatient orthopaedic and frailty teams.
• Provide clinical leadership and operational management.
• Support the development of 7-day working across the inpatient team.

Skills

Patient centered approach

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Due to relocation, we have an exciting opportunity to recruit experienced Occupational Therapists to join our inpatient team, working alongside other Band 7 Therapists to lead the inpatient orthopaedic and frailty teams.

This role would be an excellent opportunity to broaden your leadership experience, providing clinical leadership and be responsible for the operational management of Occupational Therapists working in the inpatient Occupational Therapy teams. 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.

What we're looking for

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.

About Wye Valley NHS Trust

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.