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    Occupational therapist therapist - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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    Are you a motivated and forward thinking Band 7 looking for your next challenge? An experienced band 6 looking to develop your leadership and service development skills? Or maybe you would be interested in testing the water with a secondment? An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the inpatient Occupational Therapy team at The Leeds Childrens Hospital (Mon-Fri service).

    All Childrens wards are covered including Neurology, Oncology, Orthopaedics and PICU.


    Neuro rehab skills, complex caseload management, ability to work in a fast paced environment and commitment to patient centred, goal orientated care are all essential requirements.

    The Childrens Occupational Therapy Team is committed to staff/service development through appraisal, training, research and audit.

    Our mission is to make a positive difference in children's lives through the use of specialist, individualised and fun therapy in partnership with the MDT, the child and their family.

    Are you a motivated and forward thinking Band 7 looking for your next challenge? An experienced band 6 looking to develop your leadership and service development skills? Or maybe you would be interested in testing the water with a secondment? An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the inpatient Occupational Therapy team at The Leeds Childrens Hospital (Mon-Fri service).

    All Childrens wards are covered including Neurology, Oncology, Orthopaedics and PICU.


    Neuro rehab skills, complex caseload management, ability to work in a fast paced environment and commitment to patient centred, goal orientated care are all essential requirements.

    The Childrens Occupational Therapy Team is committed to staff/service development through appraisal, training, research and audit.

    Our mission is to make a positive difference in children's lives through the use of specialist, individualised and fun therapy in partnership with the MDT, the child and their family.

    Leeds Childrens Hospital provides services to the region and city of Leeds. The Childrens Occupational Therapy team work across Leeds Childrens Hospital covering both inpatient wards and outpatients. Services include Neurosciences, Oncology, Orthopaedics, General medicine, Neuromuscular, Neonates, Neurodevelopmental, Rheumatology, Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal and Long Covid.

    We are a friendly and supportive team, Our aim is to always strive to provide the highest quality of care to our patients, and we are highly committed to supporting CPD and wellbeing of staff.


    Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles.

    As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed.

    To work within the Occupational Therapy Service, leading coordinating and developing effective intervention in a specialist area, in conjunction with the Head Occupational Therapist Clinical Area and colleagues.

    To apply evidence based knowledge of the specialist clinical area, acquired through in depth experience and/or academic study to specialist post graduate level or equivalent

    To provide Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to patients with diverse, complex and multiple pathological presentations.

    To adopt a key role in clinical risk assessment and discharge planning


    Leading and co-ordinating discussions with patients and carers, health and social care professionals and community agencies to plan and implement effective and safe hospital discharges.


    To provide a patient-focused service following the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge) using Occupational Therapy core skills.


    To represent the Occupational Therapy Service and act as a patient advocate in multi-disciplinary meetings, with external agencies such as Social Services, Housing, Intermediate Care Services.

    To manage, supervise and delegate to Occupational Therapy Support Staff.

    To supervise and educate Occupational Therapy Students.

    To act as a highly specialist Occupational Therapy Resource for colleagues, carers and patients.


    The trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (College of Occupational Therapy).

    The post holder will be professionally accountable to Health Professions Council, and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions.


    • Job Dimensions
    The post holder will be responsible for the management of patients with highly complex health and social care needs.

    The post holder as a highly specialised, autonomous practitioner will address occupational therapy performance skills, social context and activity demands in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues.


    Clinical intervention may take place in a variety of settings including wards, therapy departments, clinics, peoples homes, work places community facilities, child care and educational establishments.

    The work involves close liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and community based health and social care providers.

    To represent Occupational Therapy on working parties and multi-agency meetings

    To support the team in meeting local and government targets

    To lead and participate in projects

    To lead and participate in in-service training

    To initiate, promote and implement changes to policies, procedures and practices within the clinical area as identified in team plan

    To be responsible for financial and physical resources, for example, the use of equipment store systems such as Leeds Equipment Service, petty cash

    To be responsible for checking and cleaning equipment in line with Trust and service Health and Safety Policies

    To ensure clinical governance, quality assurance and professional standards are adhered to.


    To initiate, promote and lead changes to policies, procedures and practice within the clinical speciality which may impact on other disciplines.

    Degree in Occupational Therapy/or equivalent

    Extensive post graduate experience at a senior level
    Able to take responsibility for local service delivery
    Advanced understanding of functional implications of illness and disability related to the specialist clinical area
    Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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