Occupational Therapist Team Lead

2 days ago


Orpington, Greater London, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Trauma and Orthopaedic team as a Team Lead. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and aspiring leader to take on a challenging clinical environment and contribute to the further development of occupational therapy services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage a caseload of patients with complex health and social care needs, using evidence-based practice and client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
  • Provide specialist assessment, consultancy, and intervention of patients' occupational needs within the inpatient setting as clinically indicated.
  • Carry a caseload of patients with complex health and social care needs, using evidence-based practice and client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
  • Provide clinical and professional leadership to a team of qualified members of staff, and contribute to the development of their clinical, teaching, and managerial skills.
  • Develop and maintain a high standard of autonomous working and supervision of others in complex assessment, treatment, and discharge planning.
  • Identify areas for service development and projects for the team to complete, and proactively participate and motivate others to lead CPD sessions through journal clubs, in-service skills training, and peer support.
  • Attend relevant meetings as a representative of the team and advise on service developments in line with government policy development.
About Us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1 billion and over 15,000 staff based across South East London. We provide a full range of local and specialist services across our five sites, and are committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All through our Green Plan.

Person Specification
  • Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent qualification.
  • Current Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • Practice placement qualification.
  • Experience working with patients in an orthopaedic setting at a senior level.
  • Experience working in an acute health setting and complex discharge planning.
  • Experience supervising and appraising qualified staff or students.
  • Leadership and first-line management experience.
  • Experience of involvement in audit/service development.
Skills and Aptitudes
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to a range of audiences in English language.
  • Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills and management of complex cases.
  • Ability to work autonomously and set priorities.
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
  • Excellent presentation and training skills.
  • Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
  • Excellent skills in supervising and appraising staff.
  • Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
  • Ability to build effective working relationships and communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
Personal Qualities and Attributes
  • Committed to personal and team development.
  • Able to work weekends in line with the Therapy 7-day working provision.


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