Team Lead Occupational Therapist - Medicine

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Bath seeks an Occupational Therapist to enhance inpatient therapy services. This role entails leading a dedicated team, supporting staff development, and improving patient care within a diverse medical environment. Candidates will need a recognized degree in Occupational Therapy and strong leadership qualities.

Benefits

Ongoing training opportunities

Support for career development

Staff wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Experience supervising others and advanced knowledge in various conditions.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to the role and experience in service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
• Provide specialist input and ensure patient safety through service improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-Solving

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Job Overview

We are on a mission to improve the responsiveness and proactivity of our therapy services at the RUH. We are looking for someone who is passionate about acute therapy assessment and rehabilitation. This role will play a critical role in helping improve and deliver our inpatient therapy service.

This role includes leading a team of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists as well as contributing to the wider function of the Adult Therapies Department.

Within the medical team, we cover a variety of patient groups, including Respiratory, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and more, giving the post holder a wide variety of experiences working with adults of all ages with multiple acute and long term conditions.

Main duties of the job

Demonstrable leadership experience at band 6 or equivalent is required as a minimum for this post. The successful applicant will need excellent communications skills and will need to demonstrate suitable knowledge and experience in this speciality, enabling them to work autonomously at a high level, and to provide highly specialist input within the team.

Supervision of band 6 and band 5 physiotherapists will form a key aspect of this role. Alongside the leadership aspect of this role, clinical expertise will be nurtured and developed with specialty training as required. We are looking for a keen clinician who will strive to improve the patient experience as well as ensure the safety and well-being of our staff by way of service improvement projects.

Working hours are spread from Monday-Sunday, as part of the commitment to our 7-day service, enabling a varied and flexible working week. As part of our commitment to you and your career development, we provide ongoing training opportunities both in-house and externally.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the job description for more details. We encourage candidates to get in touch to discuss the role.

Person specification

Qaulifications

Essential criteria

• Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of recent CPD relevant to this role
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Member of RCOT
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Advanced knowledge of broad range of conditions in specialist area
• Involvement in service improvmement with clear impact aligned to this role
• Experience of supervising others
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Team lead experience (1 if deputising for TL)
• Managed other professions
  
  

Values

Essential criteria

• Reference to all RUH Values
• proactive / uses initiative
  
  

OT Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of CHC FT / EOL care
• Clear understanding of contemporary OT role in acute
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in ED, MAU or SDEC
  
  

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD/PS (PDF, 534.7KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Scott Buxton Job title Head of Therapies Email address [e-mail]