Occupational Therapy Orthopaedic & Surgical Team Lead

• Passionate about top class patient care in the acute setting for trauma and orthopaedic services,
• 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,
• Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future,
• Thinking about return to practice?

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. The post holder will lead and facilitate the Trauma Orthopaedic and Surgical OT 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.

Do you want

• 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,
• Develop a robust, motivated, and skilled workforce within the trauma, orthopaedic and surgical team,
• Enhance and develop your skills within trauma and orthopaedic OT services including spinal injuries and acute recovery/rehab,
• Work closely with the clinical specialist band 7 OT in surgery as a part of the team lead role,
• To be a part of the future of OT within the Trust?

We 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.
• Multi-professional leadership programmes.
• Flexible working agreements considerations.