Occupational Therapist Team Lead

Job overview

This post is open to the Cornwall Healthcare community only.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career in a leadership role?

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Trauma and Orthopaedics Team in the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist with significant experience in that specialism to join the team.

Job overview:

• To provide a high standard Occupational Therapy service.
• To maintain an agreed case load within in the clinical specialism, performing advanced assessment of patients including those with highly complex presentations. To formulate diagnoses and treatment plans, as an autonomous practitioner.
• To undertake line manager duties for the team.
• To work alongside the Inpatient Therapy Manager and Trauma and Orthopaedics Therapy Lead, and the Occupational Therapy Professional Lead, in planning, co-coordinating, delivering and evaluating the service.
• To be instrumental in the on-going development of services and practices that provide high quality care and interventions.

Main duties of the job

To deliver a high standard Occupational Therapy to Trauma and Orthopaedics patients. The majority of the caseload is adults, with some paediatric patients seen.

To lead the Trauma and Orthopaedics Occupational Therapy Team, working in close collaboration with Physiotherapy Leads, Trauma and Orthopaedics Matron and MDT, and Therapy Lead for T+O.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.