Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist / Operational Team Lead

Job 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 etc., 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.

Acts 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 any 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 identify methods of addressing these to support service delivery, improvement and development.

The post holder shall as necessarily 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.

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

• Experience of leadership and management in previous roles
• Evidence of service development and project management
• Experience of supervising and mentoring students and Occupational Therapy staff
• Awareness of HR and other relevant policies relating to staff management
• Experience managing/leading change
• Ability to assess and advise on the Occupational Therapy management of complex clinical conditions
• Minimum of three years post qualifying relevant experience as an Occupational Therapist
• Application of Occupational Therapy Models of Practice and Standardised Assessments & Outcome Measures
• Involvement in research and clinical audit

Desirable

• Evidence of quality improvement or service development
• Training in OT assessments relevant to area of practice (e.g. Sensory Integration, VdTMoCA, MoCA, VQ, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psycho Social Intervention)

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Occupational Therapy/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Health and Care Professions Council Registration
• Evidence of postqualification study/short courses and Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• Full member of British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT)
• Master's or postgraduate qualification in relevant clinical area Teaching/Student Training/Mentorship qualification
• Leadership or management course or qualification

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

Skills

Essential

• Ability to interpret current health service national and local policy and guidelines, including national and local public health agenda.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse caseload.
• Analytical and report writing skills
• Highly developed communication and clinical skills
• Ability to facilitate and lead discussions in professional/multiagency meetings
• Evidence of professional development
• Presentation skills with the ability to present to large groups
• Ability to monitor competing commitments to reflect service priorities
• Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions
• Proficient at time management, working to deadlines and good organisational skills
• Awareness of risk assessment and trust policies relating to staff management
• Self-motivated and committed to best practice
• Access to a suitable means of transport to enable the post holder to commute across the Trust footprint

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).