Overview
Specialist Occupational Therapy Lead for Home First role at NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group. This band 7 Team Lead post is based in the Newly developed Aintree Therapy Home First Team, on the Aintree Site of University Hospital of Liverpool Group. The role combines Clinical and Non-clinical responsibilities across a 7 day service, including carrying out clinical care and community assessments with patients in their home environments.
The focus of this team is Discharge to Assess visits. This model prioritises timely hospital discharge for patients who are medically stable, with assessments for ongoing needs completed after they return home. The "home first" approach aims to reduce hospital stays and promote independence, with rehabilitation and support delivered in the community.
You will work collaboratively with stakeholders such as Merseycare and City Council Social Work teams to ensure patients can remain at home.
You will lead a team of OTs, Physios, Assistant Practitioners & Therapy Assistants, providing supervision, appraisal, training and service improvement. Any training you require to fulfil this post will be available to you, along with regular supervision from a therapy lead.
There is an expectation to be flexible over a 7 day service. Flexible working will be considered. Community working experience is desirable. Car driver/access to own vehicle is desirable.
Responsibilities
* Expert assessment of patients within their home environment to encourage and support timely hospital discharges from the acute trust.
* Have a sound knowledge of local stakeholders across the main local boroughs to utilise to maintain patient safety and wellbeing within their home environment.
* Audit of the service against local and national standards in close partnership with the management team.
* Training and support of junior staff members.
* Senior oversight of a therapy team including aspects such as performance reporting, sickness management and supervision.
* Participation in national audit and research projects.
* Ensure adherence to governance processes including Datix and complaint investigations.
* Support staff with health, wellbeing and sickness management.
About the organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities — from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Thomas Marshall, Job title: Inpatient Therapy Lead, Email: Helen.Thomas-Marshall@liverpoolft.nhs.uk, Telephone: 0151 529 3268
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