This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Team Lead Occupational Therapist to further develop in the field of inpatient community rehabilitation or for an experienced senior Occupational therapist to further progress in their career.
This is an opportunity to lead a team of a very dedicated therapy team, delivering highly complex general rehabilitation and discharge planning for the population of Bracknell Forest and Windsor and Maidenhead. You will be working alongside nurses, health care assistants, doctors, physiotherapists, therapy technicians, and discharge coordinators in planning the best and safest outcome for the patients in our unit.
The therapy approach is individualised with the opportunity to deliver group activities as well.
As an experienced professional, you will be expected to support more junior staff and deputise for the manager as required.
Main duties of the job
The Team Lead Occupational Therapist will provide both clinical leadership and operational oversight for the therapy team within the unit. This role will involve supporting the therapy team to provide person-centred care to service users with complex needs, using specialist occupational therapy skills to assess, plan, and deliver high-quality, evidence-based interventions and plan complex discharges. You will also lead on person-centred care planning and ensure the team's adherence to best practices, including quality and governance frameworks. In addition to clinical duties, you will have operational responsibilities such as management, recruitment, staff supervision, and service improvement initiatives.
Job responsibilities
DIMENSIONS OF JOB:
1. To provide expert clinical leadership within the MDT.
2. Undertake professional leadership and act as a clinical exemplar within the team.
3. To act as an autonomous clinician accountable for both your own and all delegated clinical tasks.
4. Contribute to the development of service strategy and clinical standard operating procedures.
5. Establish local networks internally and externally.
6. Represent the team and the service at Trust and, where appropriate, strategic meetings.
PURPOSE OF JOB:
1. To provide skilled team leadership, ensuring an effective, high-quality service is delivered within the inpatient therapy team.
2. To use highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills to manage a complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
3. To act as a specialist resource for the multi-disciplinary team both on the ward and the wider community services.
4. To work with the MDT to develop, monitor, and evaluate the service, including organising and implementing service development and change as appropriate.
5. To plan and prioritise the services delivery to ensure appropriate management of patients.
6. Ensure supervision of staff members within the team is being undertaken as per policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* Occupational Therapy Degree
* HCPC Registration
Desirable:
* Clinical Educator / Student Educator qualification
* NHS Leadership Training
* Educated to Masters level
Experience
Essential:
* Highly developed professional knowledge base, supported by educational development and different work environments.
* Knowledge of current political drivers in relation to health and social care issues.
* Highly developed knowledge of general management practice, including organisational performance management, finance, human resources and equality and diversity.
Desirable:
* Hospital discharge policies and processes.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential:
* Significant relevant B6 experience, line management experience, leadership experience, experience of multidisciplinary working, experience of audit.
* Understanding & involvement of Clinical Governance and risk assessment, highly specialist clinical and technical skills in recovery and rehabilitation, strong analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to interpret complex situations and make appropriate decisions.
* Supervisory and appraisal skills.
* Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance, analytical skills demonstrated both clinically and managerially, able to present information to a group, teaching skills.
Desirable:
* Clinical experience in different settings eg acute/community, community experience.
Employer details
Employer name: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Heathlands Intermediate Care Bracknell, 12, Cross Fell, Bracknell, Bracknell, RG12 7RX
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