Frailty OT Lead: Autonomous Practice & Education

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site staff nursery

Wellbeing practitioners

Employee wellbeing support programme

Job summary

The post holder will be an autonomous occupational therapist providing specialist assessment and intervention to clients within the emergency department and acute assessment unit with a focus on frailty, early intervention and admission avoidance where possible.

They will manage a caseload of complex cases, contribute to safe discharge planning, and lead ongoing service development with Frailty leads, while delivering teaching to OT staff, students and other professionals, maintaining knowledge

Qualifications

• Autonomous practitioner with professional and legal accountability for own clinical work.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention in ED and acute assessment unit for frailty and early intervention.
• Manage a caseload of clients with complex needs and support discharge planning to aid patient flow.
• Lead service development with Frailty leads and deliver teaching to OT staff, students and other professionals.

Job description

The post holder will be an autonomous occupational therapist providing specialist assessment and intervention to clients within the emergency department and acute assessment unit with a focus on frailty, early intervention and admission avoidance where possible.

They will manage a caseload of complex cases, contribute to safe discharge planning, and lead ongoing service development with Frailty leads, while delivering teaching to OT staff, students and other professionals, maintaining knowledge