Occupational Therapy Team Lead

The Methodist Church in Britain; Potters Bar; Vor Ort; GBP 43.000 - 52.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Central London Community Health Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead for a six-month fixed-term role in an inpatient rehabilitation service in Hertfordshire. You will manage a specialist caseload and provide expert OT assessment and treatment within a multidisciplinary team.

The postholder will support service development, act as a clinical resource for OT colleagues across Hertfordshire, and supervise students while promoting learning and patient-centred care.

Qualifikationen

• Degree or diploma in occupational therapy.
• Postgraduate CPD portfolio.
• Current HCPC registration as an OT.

Aufgaben

• Manage a specialist caseload of patients with complex rehabilitation needs.
• Undertake highly specialised OT assessment and treatment using evidence-based approaches.
• Provide expert OT advice to patients, carers and health professionals.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation team to support safe, person-centred care.
• Act as a specialist clinical resource for OT colleagues across Hertfordshire.
• Support the OT Lead with service development and collaboration with health and social care partners.
• Share specialist knowledge and contribute to developing OT practice across the service.
• Support colleagues to develop clinical knowledge and supervision skills.

Kenntnisse

Advanced assessment

Clinical reasoning

Effective communication

Staff supervision

Report writing

MS Office proficiency

Ausbildung

Bachelor or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Postgraduate CPD portfolio

HCPC registration

Jobbeschreibung

Central London Community Health Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead for six months on a fixed-term basis for its inpatient rehabilitation service in Hertfordshire. The role centres on a specialist caseload of patients with multiple, complex rehabilitation needs, with expert assessment, treatment and advice for patients, carers and professionals. Working part-time in a multidisciplinary team, the postholder also acts as a specialist clinical resource across Hertfordshire and supports the OT Lead in developing integrated working with partners.

What the job involves

• Manage a specialist caseload of patients with multiple and complex rehabilitation needs
• Undertake highly specialised OT assessment and treatment using evidence-based approaches
• Provide expert OT advice to patients, carers, relatives and health and social care professionals
• Work as an active member of the multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation team to support safe, person-centred care
• Act as a specialist clinical resource for OT colleagues and other healthcare professionals across Hertfordshire
• Support the OT Lead with service development and integrated working with health and social care partners
• Share specialist knowledge and contribute to developing OT practice across the service
• Support colleagues to develop their clinical knowledge, skills and a positive learning environment
• Work collaboratively with patients, families, carers and the multidisciplinary team

What’s required

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in occupational therapy
• Relevant postgraduate training and an active CPD portfolio

Registration & licences

• Current HCPC registration as an allied health professional

Experience

• Senior-level post-registration clinical experience, including rehabilitation
• OT experience in at least two of: physical function, cognition, ageing; plus general rehabilitation and falls management
• Assessing and implementing minor and major home adaptations on the grounds of disability
• Working within a multidisciplinary team and NHS experience

Skills & knowledge

• Advanced assessment, treatment and clinical reasoning for people with complex multi-pathology
• Core OT skills across a range of conditions using a client-centred, goal-setting approach
• Advanced verbal and written communication and report writing
• Experience supervising staff and students, with skills in appraising and teaching junior staff and peers
• Knowledge of complex medical conditions, NICE and RCOT guidelines, outcome measures and recent national health and social care policy and legislation
• Working knowledge of MS Office applications

Checks & eligibility

• Car driver unless covered by the Equality Act 2010

Other

• Evidence of Trust values and behaviours; working independently and with supervision; acting on feedback; organising own time
• Willingness to work flexibly across locations in the division

Nice to have

• Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT)
• Training in appraisal or supervision
• Postgraduate qualification at masters level or equivalent in a specialist field
• Experience of research and clinical audit
• Experience of working with social services
• Experience setting up and running activity-based group programmes

What’s offered

• Competitive employment package
• Support for professional development
• High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS), pro rata