Overview
We are looking for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist with a special interest in Healthcare of Older People to lead our team of established therapists on our HCOP wards at Heartlands Hospital.
You will be required to lead a team of OTs, PTs and TSWs to manage complex older patients with falls, dementia, frailty, cognitive impairments and extensive social needs whilst navigating each patient's family dynamics.
This post requires sophisticated multidisciplinary coordination and promoting of generic working between occupational therapists and physiotherapists for maximum efficiency. You will need to be skilled at timely and effective discharge planning and using onwards referrals to minimise readmission.
Role and responsibilities
You will participate in seven-day working whilst driving service development initiatives that streamline care pathways and identify efficiency opportunities. You will be involved in teaching of the immediate and wider therapy teams, carrying out regular supervisions and appraisals. You will also be involved in taking students whilst on placement.
Working within our Kind, Connected, Bold values mean building supportive relationships whilst courageously leading change projects that genuinely improve patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
You'll take professional responsibility for advanced occupational therapy assessment across both settings, managing complex cases requiring sophisticated clinical reasoning and autonomous decision-making where cognitive, physical and social factors intersect.
Day-to-day leadership includes supervising occupational therapists, physiotherapists and support workers, conducting appraisals, contributing to recruitment, and deputising for the Clinical Team Leader. Managing rotas, coordinating cover arrangements and addressing performance issues are integral responsibilities.
Your advanced communication skills address patients with compromised speech, cognitive difficulties or emotional distress. You'll negotiate treatment plans with resistant individuals, educate relatives and carers, and lead multidisciplinary meetings resolving complex discharge challenges.
Evidence-based practice improvement involves initiating audit projects, implementing outcome measures, and translating research into service protocols. This includes data collection, analysis, and presenting practice change recommendations to clinical leadership.
Teaching spans mentoring newly qualified therapists, supervising university students, delivering multidisciplinary training, and contributing to formal education programmes whilst assessing competencies and maintaining professional standards.
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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