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    Service Lead Occupational Therapist - England, United Kingdom - Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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    Team Lead Occupational Therapist-Frailty ( 1 year fixed term)
    Cancer and core clinical services

    Care Group:
    Diagnostics and Therapies

    Band: 7

    We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the acute therapy team at Medway NHS Foundation Trust as the Occupational Therapy team lead for Frailty.

    You will be managing an integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist and Therapy assistants

    Your team will be working as part of an MDT including therapy staff, nurses, CSW's, Doctors and more to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality of care.

    For further information or an informal conversation about the role please contact Zara Elenkova - Acting Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist -

    As a Team Lead Occupational Therapist, you will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with a broad range of acute hospital experience, demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to contribute to service development.

    You will get an opportunity to develop your managerial and supervisory skills providing supervision to rotational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Students.

    We offer in-service training, peer groups, robust mandatory training in addition to many interesting courses run by the trust. External training is also supported where appropriate. The team provides robust Speciality specific training and upskills team members through area specific competencies.

    We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

    In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is.

    As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

    Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments.

    All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

    All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

    To deliver individualised Occupational Therapy intervention and treatment programmes using a broad range of Occupational Therapy skills in individual and group settings
    To refer patients appropriately to other health and social care services according to protocol providing timely and detailed information to ensure good continuity of care

    To communicate effectively with patients and carers and other health care professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to share assessment findings, agree treatment plans, progress rehabilitation, give advice, teaching etc.

    To undertake the day to day operational management of the Frailty therapy team ensuring that the team are supervised and supported.

    Current Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
    Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses/CPD to Masters Level
    Degree/Diploma in Profesional Field

    Communicating with patients and a wide range of health care professionals
    Identification, implementation and reporting of processes for increased efficiency

    Awareness of principles of adult protection and safeguarding
    Management and Leadership training or experience
    Experience in health, acute hospital or social care setting

    Experience of carrying out assessment and treatment in the context of complex medical and psychological problems where there are likely to be conflicting expert opinions
    Medway NHS Foundation Trust
    Medway NHS Foundation Trust


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