Highly Specialist Clinical Team Leader - OT inMelton Mowbray inMelton Mowbray PUBLISHED 29 OCT 2024

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year  PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY 


Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

This role will provide effective management and clinical leadership in the Community mental health Occupational Therapy teams across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). The post holder will have specialist knowledge and experience, and act as the expert for the multi-agency team and for patients. This role will also include being part of professional and service development across the team.

Our Occupational Therapy Service covers 7 adult CMHT's, with both Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy Assistants working into all teams, delivering high quality and specialist OT assessment and intervention across LLR.'

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

The successful candidate will be responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of the Occupational Therapy (OT) process (info gathering, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, evaluation and discharge planning) as appropriate to patient needs. Carryinga specialist clinical caseload and manage this effectively through clinical supervision. This will encompass the complex needs of the patient group. Provide advanced clinical reasoning to support effective care delivery for highly specialist and complex cases for the team and provide aspects of clinical and operational leadership as agreed with the Clinical/Service Leads to ensure high quality and effective service delivery.

The post holder is responsible for the effective management of referrals and waiting lists, case prioritisation and care co-ordination within clinical care pathways, beingjointly responsible for reviewing the Occupational Therapy Service and ensuring the skill mix and therapeutic programme content meets the needs of the patients attendingand or lead clinical case reviews and present appropriate OT feedback accordingly.

To maintain accurate and timely patient records in the electronic patient record and to fulfil record keeping standards in accordance with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust policy, RCOT and HCPC. To participate and lead as agreed, relevant clinical, team and professional meetings to contribute to the optimum level of care for the patients.

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Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

This role will provide effective management and clinical leadership in the Community mental health Occupational Therapy teams across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). The post holder will have specialist knowledge and experience, and act as the expert for the multi-agency team and for patients. This role will also include being part of professional and service development across the team.

Our Occupational Therapy Service covers 7 adult CMHT's, with both Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy Assistants working into all teams, delivering high quality and specialist OT assessment and intervention across LLR.'

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

The successful candidate will be responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of the Occupational Therapy (OT) process (info gathering, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, evaluation and discharge planning) as appropriate to patient needs. Carryinga specialist clinical caseload and manage this effectively through clinical supervision. This will encompass the complex needs of the patient group. Provide advanced clinical reasoning to support effective care delivery for highly specialist and complex cases for the team and provide aspects of clinical and operational leadership as agreed with the Clinical/Service Leads to ensure high quality and effective service delivery.

The post holder is responsible for the effective management of referrals and waiting lists, case prioritisation and care co-ordination within clinical care pathways, beingjointly responsible for reviewing the Occupational Therapy Service and ensuring the skill mix and therapeutic programme content meets the needs of the patients attendingand or lead clinical case reviews and present appropriate OT feedback accordingly.

To maintain accurate and timely patient records in the electronic patient record and to fulfil record keeping standards in accordance with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust policy, RCOT and HCPC. To participate and lead as agreed, relevant clinical, team and professional meetings to contribute to the optimum level of care for the patients.

About us

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click on the attached Job Description and Person Specification.



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