Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist, Band 8a 30 hours per week

A unique opportunity has arisen for a Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist in Children and Young People to address a complex active clinical caseload andprovide strategic professional and clinical leadership.

The post holder will represent Occupational Therapy at the Senior Management Team and the Directorate Lead Occupational Therapy group ensuring representation at a strategic level in the organisation. The post holder will be responsible for leading on service delivery and clinical supervision of junior colleagues and students ensuring safe, responsive and effective specialist occupational therapy clinical interventions.

There are over 150 Occupational Therapists at Oxleas across the six clinical directorates: Adult Learning Disability, Children and Young People, Adult Acute and Crisis, Adult Community Mental Health, Adult Community Physical Health and Forensic and Prisons.

Oxleas Occupational Therapists are highly regarded Allied Health Professionals in the South East London Integrated Care System leading on: Rotational Band 5 and 6 AHP Programme, Apprenticeship, Preceptorship and Clinical Placement Expansion Programmes.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the professional leadership planning and delivery of OT services across a Directorate Be a key member of the Greenwich Integrated Therapies multi-disciplinary leadership team and contribute/lead on strategic developments and service improvement initiatives Provide professional leadership and clinical supervision of Occupational Therapists in the Directorate Manage a complex clinical caseload Role will be divided between Principal OT within Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies and Directorate Lead/ Team Lead responsibilities Liaise with the CYP AHP Lead in order to feed into the Directorate Senior Management Team Provide OT specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work related to: Self care, Education and Leisure Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans Provide specialist OT advice within Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies Be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment & interventions within CYP Ensure the supervision of OT students on clinical placement Lead in the maintenance and strategic development of the Trust wide OT service as a member of the Directorate Lead Occupational Therapy group Advise the Head of Profession for Occupational Therapy on issues related to the management and delivery of the Occupational Therapy service within the Directorate Deputise for Head of Profession for Occupational Therapy as appropriate

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

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Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the professional leadership planning and delivery of OT services across a Directorate To be a key member of the Greenwich Integrated Therapies multi-disciplinary leadership team and contribute/lead on strategic developments and service improvement initiatives To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision of Occupational Therapists in the Directorate To manage a complex clinical caseload The role will be divided between Principal OT within Greenwich Childrens Integrated Therapies and Directorate Lead/ Team Lead responsibilities To liaise with the CYP AHP Lead in order to feed into the Directorate Senior Management Team To lead on the development of best available evidence-based OT practice To provide OT specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work related to: Self care, Education and Leisure To lead on service and policy development To lead on research/audit activities Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans To provide specialist OT advice within Greenwich Childrens Integrated Therapies To be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment & interventions within CYP To ensure the supervision of OT students on clinical placement To lead in the maintenance and strategic development of the Trust wide OT service as a member of the Directorate Lead Occupational Therapy group To contribute to the local clinical governance agenda To advise the Head of Profession for Occupational Therapy on issues related to the management and delivery of the Occupational Therapy service within the Directorate To deputise for Head of Profession for Occupational Therapy as appropriate Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC registration

Qualifications

Essential

Masters level qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive clinical experience in Children and Young People Services

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