Lead Occupational Therapist
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for senior occupational therapists with clinical and leadership experience to be a Practice Development Lead across the Community & Inpatient pathways. They will also contribute an OT specific perspective to the Older People's Senior Leadership Team.
The post holder will need experience and confidence in driving innovation and excellence in older people's mental health and dementia practice. They will need to work closely with community and inpatient clinical teams within older people's services and maintain good working relationships with teams. An important component of this role will involve providing profession specific leadership and support to occupational therapy clinicians working in older people's services. This includes developing OT clinical practice based on evidence-based standards and providing expertise to enhance older people's experiences.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside service managers, other Practice Development Leads and key clinical stakeholders to support clinical teams through effective partnership working to meet the needs of older people and their carers. They will support and facilitate clinical teams to drive quality standards aligned to profession specific and clinical priority areas that are identified within clinical governance forums. They will need to work flexibly and follow the principles of agile working to continuously network and engage with clinical teams and partner organisations; with the overall aim of improving older people's experiences and outcomes, particularly recovery and wellbeing.
About us
We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health. We perform well againstlocal and national targetsand inour most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
Date posted
23 June 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-51822-OPS
Job locations
Practice Development Older People Services
Leeds
LS2 9LN
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Practice Development Older People Services
Leeds
LS2 9LN
Employer's website
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