Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS; Bolton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Bolton is seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to lead a therapy team. Responsibilities include managing therapy staff, supporting patient care, and driving service development in intermediate care settings. The ideal candidate should hold a relevant AHP qualification and possess strong leadership skills. This role offers a fixed-term position for 12 months within an integrated healthcare system focused on high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to falls rehab.
• Experience in intermediate care/community rehab.
• Management and leadership skills training.

Responsibilities

• Manage the community beds therapy team operationally.
• Lead service development projects.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality service.

Skills

Assessment and treatment techniques

Problem solving skills

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Supportive communication

Education

Diploma/Degree in an AHP qualification

Registration with the Health Professions Council

Job description

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Fixed Term/Secondment - 12 months An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to work as a Therapy Team Leader across our community beds. This role is an ideal opportunity for anyone looking to develop their skills in a leadership and transformation in relation to our bed based therapy model. The role includes operational management duties in relation to the therapy staff working across our community beds alongside clinical time to support patients and develop clinical excellence. The role will be varied as we have both IMC and D2A beds across a mix of settings in Bolton. The successful candidate will work flexibly to support the therapy staff that working with patients in these beds. We are looking for applicants who are forward thinking, enthusiastic and motivated with a passion for leadership as well as clinical excellence. The successful applicant will co-lead a therapy team of OT's, PT's, Assistant Practitioners and therapy assistants.

As with all secondment opportunities, interested parties should discuss the opportunity with their line manager before applying.

Main duties of the job

This role will be responsible for the operational management of the community beds therapy team on a day to day basis. This role will work closely with our Community Beds Health and Care Leadership Team that work across our Intermediate Care and Discharge to Assess Beds to ensure the delivery of a safe and high quality service. You will be responsible for leading on service development projects, as part of a wider transformation programme across our community beds. This role will be responsible for maintaining training, appraisals, supervision with the team as well as having a thorough working knowledge of the team's clinical caseload in order to provide clinical support to the team and ensure flow. An element of the role will also include a clear focus on integration within the community beds with our colleagues across Bolton FT, Bolton Council and excellent communication is vital.

About us

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients. Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for details and information regarding this.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in an AHP qualification
• Registration with the Health Professions Council
• Evidence of continuous and current clinical, professional, leadership and academic development relevant to falls rehab
• Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent
• Membership of appropriate professional body/Degree in an AHP qualification
• Short specialist courses at master's level or equivalent
• Management and leadership skills training

Experience

• Broad base of clinical experience prior to specialising and extensive experience of working in intermediate care/community rehab
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of student education within the workplace up to graduate level
• Experience of clinical audit and service evaluation
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff
• Experience of effective team working across settings
• Supervision of senior and junior staff and students
• Leadership in a uni-professional or multi-professional team
• Experience of managing change
• Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication

Skills

• Ability to expertly use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches to the management of falls
• Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments
• High level problem solving skills
• Ability to deal with complex and sensitive information and act appropriately.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively
• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks
• Ability to establish good working relationships
• Ability to support others, patients and staff

Knowledge

• Knowledge of a range of relevant conditions and how they can impact on a patient falling and their management
• Working knowledge of the NICE and government guidelines
• An understanding of quality governance and evidence based practice Knowledge of recent NHS & Trust developments and their impact on the service

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.