Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Acute Neurosciences

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS teaching hospital in Banbury is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to lead the Acute Neurosciences Therapy team. The role involves managing a complex caseload, providing specialist rehabilitation, and leading quality improvement initiatives within a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in neurosurgical care.

Qualifications

• Experience in neurosurgical and neuro-medical patient care.
• Ability to lead and manage teams effectively.
• Skills in quality improvement and audit projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation.
• Lead and supervise the Occupational Therapy team.
• Maintain a complex clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
• Contribute to service development in acute stroke rehabilitation.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning skills

Team leadership

Supervision and appraisal

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, self-motivated, and innovative Occupational Therapist to join our Acute Neurosciences Therapy team. We are looking for a Team Lead to the Occupational Therapists providing care to both inpatients on the 75 bedded acute neuroscience ward and the neuro intensive care unit.

The Team Lead will lead and work collaboratively with the dynamic multi-professional team to deliver early high-quality specialist assessments and rehabilitation. They will be responsible for operational management, supervising and teaching Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and students, and initiating and leading in audit, quality improvement and evidence-based projects. They will also manage a clinical caseload of highly complex neurosurgical and neuro-medical patients.

Key responsibilities include:

• Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation as part of a multidisciplinary acute neuroscience team.
• Provide team leadership, supervision and appraisal to occupational therapists, therapy assistants and students.
• Maintain a clinical caseload of highly complex patients as an autonomous practitioner.
• Contribute to team leadership, service development, and quality assurance in acute stroke rehabilitation services.
• Devise and oversee the delivery of service improvement projects seeking advances in therapeutic and rehabilitative practice.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

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