Band 7 Occupational TherapistinWestcliff on SeainWestcliff on SeaPUBLISHED FRI 7 MAR 2025
Working alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team, you’ll develop your specialist skills in elderly care, tackling complex conditions to enhance both your clinical experience and patient outcomes. Benefit from our ongoing training and professional development, while playing a pivotal role in our innovative discharge-to-assess philosophy. You’ll lead assessments and treatment plans, all while fostering a positive environment for your fellow therapists and supporting a culture of evidence-based practice. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist with substantial post graduate experience to join our established Elderly care team. The post is a part time role role working with an inpatient caseload of complex presentation as well as having a responsibility for the mentorship of our Occupational therapy apprentices and the band 5 occupational therapist preceptorship across the inpatient service.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced band 6 or current band 7 Occupational therapist, with an interest in developing specialist skills in the elderly care setting. The successful candidate with have the opportunity to experience a wide range of complex conditions to enhance clinical experience within acute medicine specialties.
The team provide support to the 3 elderly care wards and provide support to the front door admission avoidance team. You will manage the clinical caseload demonstrating advanced clinical reasoning to assess and formulate intervention and treatment plans, whilst providing clinical supervision and support to Band 5 and 6 Occupational therapists on the team.
The multidisciplinary team at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is strong and supportive. The team work in an integrated manner with their physiotherapy colleagues and have positive relationships with the consultants on the unit allowing accurate and effective assessment, treatment and discharge planning of patients.
As an occupational therapist at our organisation you will have access to our Clinical Lead Occupational therapist in addition to having access to our established in-service training program and support with CPD activities.
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership and specialist occupational therapy supporting our home 1st discharge to assess philosophies . You will manage a clinical caseload, completing assessments, treatment sessions and discharge planning. You will take on joint operational responsibilities with a fellow Band 7 Physiotherapist for the whole team on a daily basis. You will offer clinical supervision and support to B5 and B6 therapists and therapy assistants. You will be supported by an 8a Therapy Team Lead.
Good time management and complex discharge planning skills are essential to this post, as well as excellent organisational skills, a flexible approach and an ability to problem solve. It is a fast paced environment, where knowledge of thorough and complex assessments is needed. Discharge is supported via our local Discharge to Assess team.
The department is a 7 day working service and this post would be included in that with rest days in the following week. This is underpinned by a competency framework.
About us
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include:
Responsible for supporting changes in practice, based on evidence, research, audit findings and best practice, which improve and impact positively on patient outcomes and key performance indicators.
Working clinically alongside registered and non-registered staff promoting and delivering evidenced based practice. Contributing to and implementing policies to ensure we have a highly skilled and competent workforce.
Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of education, training and development across the hospital.
Work with the lead OT to drive developments in OT practice to improve patient care and patient experience and retention of staff
To plan, coordinate and evaluate the Occupational Therapy Service provided on a day-to-day basis.
To undertake/lead evidence-based audit and research projects to develop and enhance personal and teams clinical practice within their area; to make recommendations to Clinical Lead/Head of Service for changes to practice by the team; to implement specific changes to practice; to write and/or contribute to service protocols.
Work as an autonomous Occupational Therapist, being aware of the needs of others within the team.
Supervise, teach and evaluate junior and senior staff, assistants and students.
Ensure that Occupational Therapy treatment is based on theoretical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills are used to justify intervention and support own practice in routine situations.
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