Site Lead Occupational Therapist - Band 8a
Occupational Therapy Site Lead, Lincoln County Hospital
Full time 37.5 hpw
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Site Lead Occupational Therapist based at Lincoln County Hospital. The post holder will have experience of successfully leading others. We are looking for someone who enjoys the pace of life in a busy acute hospital, who has the energy to drive change and service improvements and who will be prepared to invest energy into supporting the Leadership team in the development of the Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation services.
Lincoln County Hospital Therapy and Rehabilitation services are made up of a fantastic team and community of Occupational Therapists who work on the wards, in out-patients and in the community settings across Lincolnshire. We work in integrated therapy teams on the in-patient wards. Our aim being to provide high quality and efficient care for the Lincolnshire population who require support from acute therapy and rehabilitation services.
You will be fully supported in this role by the Professional Lead Occupational and Physio Therapists and the Site Lead Physiotherapist and Dietitian. You will become part of a well-respected Therapy leadership group and will be encouraged to follow your special interests in this role.
This role includes Trust wide working, with an expectation that it will include the responsibility of operational leadership of an integrated therapy service across all sites.
Main duties of the job
* Jointly Responsible for operational management and clinical leadership of the Site OT Therapy services, including management of a delegated budget, recruitment, retention and deployment of staff, absence management, managing complaints, procurement and managing resources.
* Accountable for effective, efficient, high quality service performance.
* Ensure effective communication between partners with ULHT and the wider healthcare community.
* Represent the Occupational Therapy Service at a local level, and as required at a Trust-wide level.
* Ensure staff and department comply with relevant Trust policies and guidelines.
* Maintain a clinical caseload, with clinical activity accounting for between 20-30% of working hours.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have agreed a vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'. This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Dip COT/BSc OT/MSc OT
* Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
* Membership of BAOT
* Post Graduate level study in relevant subjects to Masters level or equivalent (or willing to commit to undertaking)
* Practice placement educator accreditation (APPLE)
* Commitment to advanced clinical and professional development throughout career as demonstrated by CPD portfolio
* Membership of RCOT specialist section
Previous Experience
* Substantial experience of leading and managing a team
* Substantial experience of managing a complex clinical caseload
* Substantial experience of the acute healthcare setting
* Experience of contributing to policy, planning and service development
* Service monitoring and evaluation
* Experience of designing, undertaking and analysing clinical audit utilising approved research methodology
* Staff recruitment, development, appraisal and performance management
* Quality and risk management
* Experience of managing/leading team through change/service development
* Budget Management
* Presentation of own work at conference level
* Experience of organising/delivering learning opportunities at under graduate and post-graduate level
* Participation in post-graduate research
* Publication of project work / research in a recognised journal
* Involvement in BAOT regional group activities, specialist sections
* Extensive knowledge of current and developing practice of Occupational Therapy in clinical speciality
* Contemporary knowledge of Occupational Therapy theory including frameworks, models of practice and tools, and skill to apply these in practice
* Knowledge of contemporary issues in profession and NHS, politically aware
* Very well-developed communication skills, including effective negotiating and influencing skills. Has the ability to apply these with service-users, carers, colleagues, subordinates, managers and representatives from other health and social care providers, both on a group and individual basis
* Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills
* Very effective presentation skills both written and verbal
* Flexible, pragmatic leadership skills
* Knowledge of time-management skills with proven ability to meet conflicting demands, targets and deadlines
* Ability to produce accurate analyses of statistical data and reports
* Knowledge of Health and Safety agenda including manual handling and risk management and able to implement for service
* Proficient in the use of IT including MS Word, PowerPoint, email and internet
Specific Requirements
* Highly developed levels of commitment, personal integrity, self-motivation and self-awareness
* Innovative and flexible approach
* Able to provide leadership of department and of working groups in a decisive, confident and motivational manner
* Able to provide professional advice and guidance, at a variety of levels, assertively and sensitively
* Able to deal with complexity and ambiguity, maintaining judgement under pressure
* Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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