Band 8A Principal Occupational Therapy AMU

Overview

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Occupational Therapist to join the established leadership team in the department of medicine for older people (DMOP) & Acute Medical Unit (AMU). The post holder will have significant knowledge and skills within these areas gained through a broad range of experiences, and will be able to provide leadership and clinical expertise. The post holder will predominantly be based in the AMU teams across both sites:
Northwick Park Hospital and Ealing Hospital, and will ensure that all teams are efficiently managed and that the department contributes towards internal and external objectives alongside national measures. Working under the direction of the Therapy leads for DMOP & AMU, the post holder will be responsible for delivering an effective, evidence-based service. The post holder will autonomously assess and treat their own specialist caseload of patients and will liaise with departmental leads to ensure collaborative working within teams and across service boundaries.

The post holder will lead multidisciplinary team projects, coordinate discipline-specific complex audit and research projects, and work with other senior clinicians to ensure the service is adequately coordinated to meet the needs of the organisation and local health economy.

• Establish highly effective and efficient communication networks with patients, carers and other health workers and internal/external agencies throughout the hospital and local community
• Work independently and organise own work/caseload and be accountable for own professional actions
• Undertake comprehensive, highly specialized assessment and re-assessment of patients using advanced specialist clinical reasoning skills, investigative and assessment techniques
• Be the lead clinician within the MDT responsible for discharge planning of patients with complex needs, ensuring safe discharge back into the community and referrals to appropriate community services
• Provide opportunities in supervision sessions for the use of critical thinking, reflection on case management and personal development
• Be responsible for monitoring of staff sickness, leave and working hours and weekend rosters in line with departmental guidelines and Trust policy
• Participate in the operational planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within area of practice, leading on delegated projects within the therapy team and area of work

LNWH cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We Run Major Acute Services At

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre

We are a university teaching NHS trust, recognising the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Kerrie Bormley

Job title:

Clinical Therapy Lead
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