About this role
Job summary
Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Elderly Care
Are you a dynamic individual with specialist inpatient elderly care experience?
Are you passionate about patient-centred care and do you value working in a positive team environment focused on peer support and development?
We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. We are looking to employ a skilled, forward thinking, dynamic individual as Elderly Care Team Lead Occupational Therapist.
The post is suitable for an experienced OT with past leadership and service development experience. The post will be operating across three inpatient elderly care wards and one inpatient orthogeriatric hip fracture ward, working with individuals with a variety of complex needs. Additionally, there are outpatient responsibilities for the regular falls and movement disorders clinics.
The successful applicant will have extensive NHS inpatient elderly care experience and possess excellent assessment, clinical reasoning, treatment and teaching skills. You will have sound IT skills and demonstrate the Trust's CARE values.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the elderly care occupational therapy team in conjunction with the Professional Lead for OT.
To be an advanced specialist Occupational Therapist in the management of patients in elderly care; having a comprehensive understanding of the complex needs of this population group.
To use advanced knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to manage own caseload of patients with highly complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
To provide specialist support and advice to the occupational therapy team and other healthcare staff.
To ensure a high quality and effective occupational therapy service in elderly care.
To deputise for the Professional Lead for OT as required.
About us
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.
The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Readings biggest employer.
We are fortunate to be supported by a dynamic and forward-thinking Therapies Practice Education Team. Please follow the link to see how we support our staff in the delivery of excellent patient care: https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Proven leadership experience Experience at Band 6 or above in Elderly Care Evidence of specialist clinical skills in practice Experience in performance management Experience in managing/supervising staff and students Extensive NHS experienced within Elderly Care
Desirable
Experience in managing complex team issues Band 7 level experience in relevant area of practice
Knowledge Essential
Evidence of highly specialist knowledge of OT within the field of Elderly Care Knowledge of current issues and policy relating to field of practice Registered OT with HCPC
Desirable
Attendance at specialist courses relating to OT within the field of Elderly Care Completion of relevant QI projects Evidence of CPD
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).
Employer details Employer name Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)