Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Care of the Elderly

Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Care of the Elderly
Employer
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Location
Carshalton
Salary
£49,178 to £55,492 a year PA pr incl HCAS (outer)
Closing date
28 May 2024
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Epsom and St Helier Occupational Therapy Team. The role involves leading the Care of the Elderly OTs in the acute hospital setting and their Band 7 Team Lead. The team sits within a wider OT team who between them cover the acute inpatient OT service. We also work very closely with the other inpatient therapies teams in the hospital.Main duties of the jobThe role involves the management and leadership of a team of Occupational Therapists working within Care of the Elderly. This includes the day to day running of the team as well as supporting with service and staff development. The role involves working closely with the other team leads across OT and ensuring the site is well supported. You may be required to deputise for the Acute OT manager if required.About usEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo be responsible for the development, implementation, and delivery of Occupational Therapy as a specialist clinician, within the Elderly Care wards, including assessment, treatment planning, carrying out treatment and discharge planning of own client caseload.To develop and implement specialist treatment programmes and initiate discharge planning. To be highly skilled in assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating to the patients condition, including diagnosis and prognosis.To liaise and establish communication networks with the multidisciplinary teams, external voluntary and statutory organisations as appropriate in planning for clients treatment, discharge and resettlement.To maintain the highest possible clinical and professional standards, abide by national guidelines and standards relevant to clinical caseload and to take into account current evidenced based practice.To be a point of reference with regards to complex client cases within your defined specialised area of clinical expertise for the department and multidisciplinary team.To undertake the measurement and evaluation of OT practice through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures, within Occupational Therapy and for the Multidisciplinary team.To create an environment that promotes effective communication to patients, carers, colleagues and the multidisciplinary team by establishing effective communication networks and demonstrating skills in empathy, reassurance and the ability to motivate others.To record statistics on activity in accordance with agreed departmental procedure and ensure the team are recording stats effectively.To assist in the development of the Occupational Therapy Service across the Trust in conjunction with colleagues and managers.To have a good knowledge of and to abide by the departments and Trusts policies and procedures, and to comment and contribute to the development of these policies and procedures within the defined clinical area.To be responsible for organising and planning a frequently fluctuating clinical workload. To remain flexible to provide cover at times of staff shortage and allocate work to occupational therapists, technicians and assistants as required.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialOT DegreeHCPC RegDesirableProfessional Group MembershipLeadership/Management trainingEvident of CPDClinicalEssentialExperience in COTEExperience in the acute settingEvidence of equipment/MH skillsDesirableUnderstanding of NHS pressuresEvidence of managing complex patientsLeadershipEssentialEvidence of leadership skillsEvidence of managing staffDesirableEvidence of having had a studentEvidence of service developmentEmployer detailsEmployer nameEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS TrustAddressSt Helier HospitalWrythe LaneCarshaltonSM5 1AAAny attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.343-NN-6285522-AHP-Z Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
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