Occupational Therapy Team Lead (Medicine)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and forward-thinking Occupational Therapy Team Lead to join our Medicine team at Frimley Park Hospital.

Are you

• Passionate about top class patient care in the acute setting
• Wanting to make sure care is provided with a belief that every day matters?
• Somebody with experience in the acute setting and like to lead a fast passed pressured team?
• Wanting to build on your current skills and knowledge and expand your leadership skills?
• Wanting to lead a team able to deal with current unprecedented challenges by exploring new ways of working to improve flow and effective service provision?
• Driven to change the narrative of OT within the Trust and our wider communities, to promote and develop a strong workforce now & for future generations?

Do you want

• To learn in a fast-paced hospital setting?
• To lead a team whilst still keeping a clinical focus?
• To extend your leadership and coaching skills?
• To be challenged professionally and be asked to think outside the box?
• Work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience
• Develop a robust, motivated, and skilled workforce within our medical directorate (specialities include respiratory, cardiology, older persons medicine and others)?
• Work closely with the clinical specialist band 7 OT in surgery as a part of the team lead role?
• Work with peers to develop a department ready for the future and support of our upcoming colleagues?
• To be a part of the future of OT within the Trust?

Main duties of the job

• To provide excellent, high-quality person-centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strive to provide a service fit for today and the future, develop personal leadership to support clinical growth.
• The post holder will lead and facilitate the Medical Occupational Therapy Service with key roles in the development of a competent, knowledgeable workforce, equipping them to provide high-quality person-centred and evidenced based care

Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff . We offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.

We can offer:

• Excellent advanced learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior OT lead management
• Peer support from a large group of colleagues in the department and cross site
• Multi-professional leadership programmes
• To find about more about the additional things we can offer you are welcome to contact and visit us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post.