Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Older Persons Services

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Bournemouth
Contract type: Full time
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist; with a clinical interest in Older Persons Services; to join the Therapy Clinical Leadership Team in the Older Persons Therapy Service at University Hospital Dorset, based on the Bournemouth Site.

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full time Band 7 Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, specialising in the needs of Older People living with frailty associated conditions. We are extremely proud of our service and hope to inspire you to come and join our team! (If you are looking for part-time or flexible hours please apply and discuss what you can offer).

This is a fantastic opportunity where you will be encouraged and supported to develop your existing extended Occupational Therapy skills with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated therapy team. You will be supported to develop your leadership and managerial skills, as well as your quality improvement (QI) skills to lead projects developing the services for the future. You will work with other Clinical Leads and Clinical Specialist Therapists across UHD as part of a collaborative leadership model for Older Persons Services to support the whole team more widely.

This role requires HCPC Registration.

Base Location: Bournemouth Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

This role will have a strong clinical focus and as such we are looking for a confident clinician who can develop skills within the team. This post holder will also need to build close links with the multidisciplinary team to ensure we continue to deliver excellent care for our patients and develop expertise in our workforce beyond therapy.

The role will include line management of staff and the post holder will also have an opportunity to develop leadership and people management skills and will need excellent organisational, communication and management skills.

This is an ideal opportunity for you to positively influence patient care if you have:

  • Clinical expertise working with patients with complex needs and frailty
  • Effective leadership skills
  • Motivation to develop services putting the patient first

This post includes 7 day working and therefore the post holder will be expected to participate in weekend working . The post holder must be a car driver and ideally will have access to a car for work purposes.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Becky Godden Job title: Deputy Head of Therapies Email address: [email protected]

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