Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

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Job overview

We are looking for a Occupational Therapist to join the North Lancashire Community Therapy Team, working across the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and the community offices at Lancaster. This is as part of a newly integrated Community Therapy Team.

The post holder, working alongside other Clinical Lead Therapy colleagues, will be responsible for managing the deployment and supervision of an integrated therapy team within a defined clinical area/geographical community.

The service works closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and hospital discharge teams. The service supports people with a wide variety of conditions including elderly care, frailty and falls, orthopaedics and long-term condition management.

• values inclusivity?
• invests in you with ongoing in-service training, development and supervision from expertly trained clinical specialists?
• is at the start of a transformational journey where collaboration between sector partners is core business?
• values and invests in YOU?

If this sounds like you, why not come and see what UHMBT, the countries most inclusive employer, has to offer. We are a multi-disciplinary team who would welcome you to join us.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for clinical leadership and management of day-to-day service delivery, including supporting service development, HR management and compliance with CQC Standards.

Work under the direction of Clinical Team Leaders- with colleagues and stakeholders ensuring delivery of a coordinated, multidisciplinary and multi-agency service. This includes planning, delivering, evaluating and development of services.

Be responsible and accountable for providing therapy assessment and treatment to patients in various community settings.

Monitoring and analysing performance data.

Be an effective team player.

Embrace innovation and integrated working- demonstrating best practice to ensure patient centred care.

Have ability to demonstrate a commitment to clinical leadership.

Working together to deliver care to patients you will need to:

• work as an individual within the community therapy team undertaking specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with frequently complex problems in their own homes, residential care homes or our 23-bed residential rehabilitation unit.
• have completed a range of core rotations within the NHS as a occupational therapist
• demonstrate and evidence own professional development
• demonstrate ability to work independently
• have a friendly and flexible attitude, dedicated to quality care
• supervise and teach students and staff within the service

The role includes supporting colleagues across community therapy workstreams.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Health Professions Council registered Occupational Therapist.
• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Post graduate training in specified clinical area to masters level or equivalent.
• Training in risk assessment and risk management.
• Practice placement educator accreditation.
• Full UK driving licence, or equivalent qualification

• Leadership and first line management training
• Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapists.
• Membership of relevant College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Interest Group/s (COT SIG)

Experience

• Relevant knowledge, skills and experience at OT (Specialist) level working as an experienced autonomous practitioner.
• Post registration experience in a specialist clinical area relevant to this post.
• Experience as a supervisor of students, registered OT’s or support staff or designated health/social care workers.

• Leadership and first line management experience.
• Experience of research and clinical audit.

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Transferable knowledge and skills at OT Specialist level.
• Specialist knowledge and skills in relevant clinical areas for this post.
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
• Advanced assessment, observation, evaluation and reporting skills.
• Knowledge and in depth understanding of current best practice in OT.
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
• Supervisory and appraisal skills. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• Ability to organise and respond effectively to complex information.
• Effective and objective interpersonal skills.

• Training and facilitation skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Experience in leading a project.

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The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .

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