Team Lead Elderly Care - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Highly Specialised Occupational therapy team lead, Frailty & Older Peoples UnitDo you feel ready for a change??
Band 6 Accelerator or Band 7
Dorset County Hospital therapy team are actively recruiting for a dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join ourAcute Frailty and Older Peoples Therapy Team.
The Team works closely with the larger Multidisciplinary Team to care for acutely unwell frail patients attending the hospital and through collaborative decision making with our colleagues we facilitate safe and rapid discharge from hospital.
The Therapies Service at Dorset County Hospital is an integrated Therapies Service working together to ensure that therapies provision is the best that it can be, balancing quality and acute pressures to provide and improve patient centred services.
The team is very supportive and there are lots of opportunities to develop both clinical and non-clinical skills, with access to internal and external courses.
The multidisciplinary team is currently working on a number of exciting initiatives including working towards becoming a centre of excellence.
It will be necessary to participate in weekend rotas in this role as part of a 7 day service.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist and team lead you will be required to demonstrate leadership skills and be confident to work as an autonomous practitioner with a focus on early assessment and discharge planning, with rapid and robust decision-making essential for efficient patient flow.
You will be familiar with the assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, cognitive and psychological health conditions within elderly and medical specialities in order to develop and deliver treatment and discharge plans.
To promote and demonstrate safe, timely and appropriate discharge planning, in line with the Homefirst programme
To provide clinical guidance and the delegation of work to staff of all disciplines
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff.
Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.
For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care.
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