Occupational Therapist - Band 6

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust; Lincoln; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust in Lincoln is seeking an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work at Lincoln County Hospital. The post requires a motivated, proactive professional to manage a defined caseload with indirect supervision from a Senior OT, supporting patients to achieve their goals and independence in daily activities.

You will work within the multidisciplinary team, assist discharge planning to home or community settings, and contribute to an in-service training

Qualifications

• Independently manage a defined caseload with indirect supervision.
• Support patients to achieve independence in occupational performance activities.
• Engage in multidisciplinary team work with discharge planning and community reintegration.

Responsabilités

• Assist patients in preparing for discharge to home or community settings.
• Contribute to an established in-service training programme and clinical supervision.
• Support student placements and apprenticeships.
• Work within inpatient, outpatient settings and with discharge to assess partners.

Description du poste

We are looking to recruit an established Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work at Lincoln County Hospital. We are seeking a motivated, proactive individual to join our team. If you have a special interest in working with patients impacted by surgery, respiratory or cardiac conditions. Then this is the post for you

The successful applicants will be required to independently manage a defined caseload with indirect supervision from a Senior Occupational Therapist. They will support patients to achieve their individual goals enabling them to gain and/or maintain independence in their chosen occupational performance activities. They will be someone who is committed to meeting best practice standards and providing person-centred care.

Working with local Universities we offer ongoing student placement experiences for apprenticeships, undergraduate and masters programme student

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be required to support patients to achieve their individual goals enabling them to gain and/or maintain independence in their chosen occupational performance activities. Working as part of the Multidisciplinary Team the post holder will then assist patients in preparing for their discharge from the hospital setting into their identified place of discharge (e.g. home or community based rehabilitation settings) while taking into account their individual Occupational needs.

The department is a well-established team with Bands 2-8 working within inpatient, outpatient and closely with our Discharge to Assess and rehab partners in the community. There is plenty of opportunity to develop. The department offers an established in-service training programme, clinical supervision and support through preceptorship, performance development review & peer group support.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.