Advanced Occupational Therapist Team Lead for Elderly Acute Care
A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An excellent opportunity has arisen within Acute Services at Cambridge University Hospital for an Advanced Occupational Therapy Team Lead. The role would have a particular focus on delivering an Occupational Therapy service to older people within the hospital, particularly the frail elderly.
This is an exciting time to join Acute Services as new models of care and closer working relationships with Physiotherapists are being further developed. In addition, the service strives to foster effective relationships with Community Services in order to aid patient care on discharge.
We are looking for an innovative team player to lead the team, manage the day to day running of service and enable the optimal timely flow of patients through the hospital.
You will be an experienced Occupational Therapist with highly developed clinical skills. You will undertake a Team Leader role within Acute Care and thus take a lead role in initiating, planning, implementing and leading the service developments in an Occupational Therapy Team on a day-to-day basis.
You will provide occupational therapy to patients, working autonomously and without direct supervision. You will ensure safe and effective delivery of occupational therapy and work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary and agency teams and the Professional Lead and Divisional Service Leads in Occupational Therapy.You will also work closely with the Divisions to reduce length of stay and readmission rates.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners.Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave.
The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
With excellent leadership capabilities, you will support your colleagues to maintain high standards of clinical performance and collaboratively take forward service development projects as the service evolves.
As a Clinical Educator, you will play a significant role in educating others in delivering Occupational Therapy to Older People, demonstrating an expert knowledge of Frailty, Cognitive Impairment and Manual Handling.
If you have the experience and skills of working with Older Adults and are keen to develop the Occupational Therapy role within this patient group, then this is the job for you.
In return we can offer you a friendly and supportive environment in which to develop and excel in your career. In addition we have an excellent Training Programme and a yearly Research Symposium.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
The advert will close at midnight on 20 October 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on 1 November 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site.Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024