We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work into our team in Wansbeck General Hospital. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey within the inpatient setting to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions, and help avoid unnecessary admission and re-admission to hospital.
Main duties of the job
* To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
* To deliver a comprehensive service for a complex case load.
* To manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
* To assess for and monitor the provision of adaptations when appropriate.
* To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the specialist field.
* To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
* To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups.
* To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Team across Northumbria Healthcare Trust. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills.
Job responsibilities
* To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re-admission to hospital.
* To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager.
* Managerially responsible to Team Lead.
* Clinically responsible to clinical OT Lead.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Diploma/Degree in O.T.
* State registered with Health Professions Council.
Desirable
* Practice placement qualification.
* Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area.
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wansbeck Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ
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