Overview
Liverpool Community Neuro Rehab Team is a specialist Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Team working together to provide intervention to adults (18+) in appropriate community settings. The team aims to deliver holistic, patient centred, evidence-based therapy intervention and maximise independence of our patients.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist with a special interest and extensive experience in neuro rehabilitation to join the Liverpool team. The successful applicant will provide the team with highly specialist professional neuro rehab expertise, excellent supervision skills and support to junior staff / students. The post holder will be actively involved in the training and teaching and promoting research within the team.
The post holder will also be expected to manage the daily operation of the Neuro OT service as an OT Team Leader, ensuring that it adheres to the service specification, KPIs and agreed pathways in conjunction with a Physiotherapy Team Leader. The successful candidate will work within the wider COTART service and their Team Leads to effectively manage personnel, monitor staff performance and assist with the recruitment process. There will also be an expectation to carry a limited clinical caseload.
Responsibilities
* Provide clinical leadership and management to the clinical team.
* Be responsible for the delivery of the Community neuro service within the area.
* Work in partnership with other services/stakeholders to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting.
* Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service to its clients by providing clinical supervision.
* Have full clinical management responsibility for the team ensuring appropriate delegation and delivery of patients/client care.
* Ensure that teams work proactively to deliver a responsive service to patients/clients both in clinic and domiciliary settings.
* Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment.
* Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.
* Implement plans for the team to ensure business continuity.
* Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making.
* Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to the team when managing complex and highly complex situations.
* Work in collaboration with other stakeholders to deliver services to patients/clients.
* Implement and evaluate care delivery for patients/clients with identified needs.
* Work in collaboration with others to support practice development and service modernisation.
* Contribute to the development of role and service redesign.
* Actively participate in policy and service development authoring protocols as required.
* Provide induction to the local working environment, and policies for new team members and students.
* Be an authorised signatory, ensuring probity in the authorisation of timecards and mileage claims.
* Monitor budgets reporting over/under spending to the budget holder.
* Undertake personal development plans (PDP) and ensure all team members receive clinical supervision.
* Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect local needs.
* Have up to date PDPs, monitor Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) and reviews.
* Ensure that all staff attend mandatory training.
* Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives.
* Participate in audits and research, as required.
* Participate in individual and group supervision.
* Implement mentorship and clinical supervision with the team.
* Ensure that record keeping within the team is consistent with professional standards.
* Initiate training and development of team members. Monitor and maintain standards of patient care delivery, including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and standards of record keeping.
* In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery.
* Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service lead.
* Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support or undertake investigations as delegated by the service lead.
* Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced based and supported by best practice, using audit, caseload and clinical supervision.
* Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.
* Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.
* Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students.
* Identify skills deficits within the team and identify methods of addressing these to support service delivery, improvement and development.
* The post holder shall, as necessary, provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
* The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.
* Set objectives by which performance will be monitored.
* Work with the service lead to deliver local based services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to staff.
* Provide reports to the service lead on staff and patient activity as requested.
Qualifications and Location
* Occupational Therapist with a special interest and extensive experience in neuro rehabilitation.
* Ability to work at different locations within Liverpool Place footprint.
* Work within the wider COTART service and collaborate with Team Leads.
* Be able to carry a limited clinical caseload alongside leadership responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025
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