Occupational Therapist

Senior Occupational Therapist - Front Door Therapy - Band 6 We are seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Front Door Therapy Team at Lincoln Hospital. You will work within an experienced front door therapy team assessing patients from multiple specialities to facilitate discharge from the emergency areas. You must be someone who enjoys the fast pace of life as well as being a great decision maker and communicator. You must be flexible, innovative, highly motivated and above all be committed to improving the care and assessment of people living with frailty. The skills and knowledge of the Occupational Therapists are essential in supporting patients living with frailty and complex conditions and in assisting them in recovering from illness, to return home sooner with a safe and effective discharge plan based on their current needs and abilities, whilst promoting their independence and dignity, with the ultimate aim to improve the patient outcome and experience. Main duties of the job To use expert skills and knowledge part of a comprehensive MDT assessment to support the management of adults. To manage a complex caseload. To complete complex moving and handling assessments and/or demonstrating the use of moving and handling equipment with families and/or informal carers. This may also include identifying and completing access and environmental home assessments to identify and minimise potential risk, part of effective discharge planning. To use highly developed communication skills on a daily basis, to liaise with patients, families, carers and a broad multidisciplinary team. You will be required to work in a range of emergency assessment areas, responding to patients in a timely and proactive manner. To also support the junior members of the team including therapy assistant practitioners with the delegation of assessments, caseload management and to provide regular supervision. Your base will be Lincoln County Hospital but you will be required to travel to Pilgrim Hospital Boston as required to support the front door service. Service hours are 7 days a week from 8 am to 8pm and post holder is required to work within those hours to meet service needs. Standard driving skills to visit patients or transport equipment from one location to another. Ability to travel across Lincolnshire not serviced by public transport. Car driver. About us Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service. Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services. Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG). Qulification Occupational Therapy DipCOT or BSc OT Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration. Willingness to complete postgraduate study relating to the clinical area. BAOT Member. Willingness to undertake post registration study relevant to Frailty Masters in Occupational Therapy It Qualification Experience Relevant, varied post graduate Occupational Therapy experience within an acute NHS or Community setting Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities. Evidence of active involvement in service developments Evidence of involvement in organisations which support clinical practice eg RCOT specialist section Experience of supervising staff Evidence of having taken a lead in service developments Experience of a range of clinical areas include general surgery, medicine, care of older people, orthopaedics community Skills Well developed written and verbal communication skills Ability to work as part of a team Ability to provide leadership and provide support for team and team leader Specialist expertise in clinical area pertinent to post Ability to work flexibly and proactively to meet the needs of varied clinical areas Change management and leadership skills Supervisory skills Able to meet requirements of preceptor profile Teaching Skills Knowledge and skills relating to working with people living with dementia Specific Requirements Commitment to meeting best practice standards Commitment to providing person-centred care and occupation-focused practice Demonstrated ability to complete PDR objectives. Enthusiasm/Knowledge of the profession and a desire to work with older people who often have complex needs Ability to travel across county and between sites Car driver (including access to own vehicle) Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Service lead Therapies at the Front Door #J-18808-Ljbffr