senior Occupational therapist in Hospital avoidance and complex care

Please contact Shelly Theaker, Inpatient Therapy Service Lead on or by emailing

About The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Hospital avoidance team and Complex care team for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist, who will work three days in hospital avoidance and complex care team who is ready for a challenge and a new career pathway and is committed to providing a quality therapy service, to patients in the Emergency department at Pinderfields Hospital and assessments units on the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites and working to support patients with their recovery and discharge planning at Dewsbury Hospital .

The teams works generically as well a maintaining our professional roles and standards, the team is made up with a GP, Consultants, physiotherapists and nurses and have dedicated Care coordinators to support rapid discharge in the hospital avoidance team and the complex team have a supportive team of therapists working with the wider MDT, the team have strong links to community services such as Virtual ward, IV therapy team, ICT and reablement services etc

The team works 5 days over 7 per week, standard working pattern with shift patterns: 8am - 4pm and 10am - 6pm within the hospital avoidance team and 8-4pm in the complex care team at Dewsbury, flexible working will be considered.

The team see a variety of conditions from falls to a fast track patient who's wish is to return home.

The successful candidate will need to be adaptable, have excellent communication skills, strong clinical reasoning and assessment skills and be knowledgeable about discharge planning, audit and outcome measures.

It is essential that the candidates possess professional leadership and management skills including supervision, performance and development of Therapy staff within the multidisciplinary context.

As a department we are able to offer you structured supervision, excellent training and development program's and the opportunity to work in a friendly, committed team.

Main duties

• Ensure that professional standards are maintained in patient management and treatment within the service provided.
• To co-ordinate and liaise with other relevant disciplines and agencies and encourage inter-disciplinary co-operation at all levels.
• To evaluate the Therapy Service and plan future developments together with the Clinical Lead, Service Lead and Therapy service lead
• To supervise and support Team Members

Key Requirements
For this role you are required to be registered with HCPC Occupational Therapist and have a Bachelors Degree or Masters in Occupational Therapy.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for a comprehensive list of requirements.

Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients' homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance
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Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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