Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Community / Intermediate care

We are looking for a Occupational Therapist to join the South Cumbria Community Therapy Team, working across intermediate care beds and community therapy. This is as part of a newly integrated Community Therapy Team.
The post holder, working alongside other Clinical Lead Therapy colleagues, will be responsible for managing the deployment and supervision of an integrated therapy team within the Furness area.
Alongside the Intermediate care beds, the service works closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and hospital discharge teams. The service supports people with a wide variety of conditions including elderly care, frailty and falls, orthopaedics and long-term condition management.
Do you want to work for a Trust which
+ values inclusivity?
+ invests in you with ongoing in-service training, development and supervision from expertly trained clinical specialists?
+ is at the start of a transformational journey where collaboration between sector partners is core business?
+ values and invests in YOU?
If this sounds like you, why not come and see what UHMBT, the country's most inclusive employer, has to offer. We are a multi-disciplinary team who would welcome you to join us.

The post holder will have advanced clinical skills of respiratory/mobility/neurological assessment and treatment skills and the ability to holistically manage complex patients both in our 18 bedded intermediate care unit and the coomunity.
With developments in community care there will be opportunities to review practice and develop new ways of working to align with national guidelines. Clinical leadership and development of the service will be at the forefront, leading on service development and delivering training to further develop skills within the speciality.
The post holder will communicate with the MDT to effectively contribute to patient flow through sound knowledge of discharge pathways and community services.
You will have a shared responsibility of management of the Occupational Therapy team, implementing service development in line with current evidence and standards and delivering training for Occupational Therapists, therapy support staff, students and the wider MDT. The role will include some staff management and service management responsibilities such as managing absence and completing annual appraisals.
The successful applicant will be an effective team player, have the ability to use their initiative and communicate with empathy. They will embrace innovation and integrated working and be committed to following the best practice to ensure patient centred care.
The ability to demonstrate a commitment to clinical leadership is essential

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
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