Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leicester is seeking a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to join their therapy team at Preston Lodge. This role involves managing a complex clinical caseload to facilitate safe patient discharges, providing education to patients and carers, and ensuring high standards of care. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and experience in occupational therapy. Competitive salary and supportive team environment offered.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a complex clinical caseload.
• Knowledge of OT processes and interventions.
• Ability to deliver high standards of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex clinical caseload for timely discharge.
• Provide education to patients and carers.
• Set outcome-related goals with patients.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Patient management

Education

Relevant occupational therapy degree

Job description

Clinical Specialist Band 7 Occupational Therapist

Medicine Therapy Team - Preston Lodge.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the therapy team at the newly opened Preston Lodge (UHL) as part of the Phase 2 opening in November 2025.

Preston Lodge will be a 56-bedded reablement focused unit providing the 3R model (rehabilitation, reablement and recovery) for patients who are not yet ready to return home, and have been referred for a D2A pathway from UHL. The aim is to improve patient care and experience, and support faster discharges.

• Be responsible for managing a complex clinical caseload from assessment to discharge/transfer of care within defined protocols, in order to facilitate a timely and safe discharge from Preston Lodge.
• To provide appropriate education to patients and carers in order to encourage patient participation in the management of their condition either on an individual or group basis
• To liaise with, and involve patient's carers with patient's treatment as appropriate
• To make onward referrals and liaise and engage with System Partners to support the appropriate discharge of patients from Preston Lodge.
• Set outcome related goals with the patient which are consistent with the standards of the department, in order to meet the needs of the patient
• To use specialist techniques for the handling of patients with physical deficits often within confined spaces.
• Plan, deliver and progress treatment interventions using clinical reasoning and decision making skills in order to work towards and achieve identified patient goals.
• To have responsibility for the management of the Preston Lodge OT clinical caseload and ensure patients receive high standards of intervention at all times in accordance with the College of OT Code of Professional Conduct.
• Apply knowledge of OT process, in order to deliver appropriate treatment interventions and facilitate appropriate clinical decisions.
  
  

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We Have Four Primary Goals

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
  
  

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
  
  

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ann White Job title: Therapy Clinical Team Leader for Medicine Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07966556763