General Medicine Lead Occupational Therapist

An exciting leadership opportunity has opened for a dynamic, forward-thinking Senior Lead Occupational Therapist to head our newly formed General Medicine Team at Royal Derby Hospital. Designed specifically to navigate winter pressures and optimize patient pathways, this 6-month role gives you the platform to make a highly visible, system-wide impact on hospital flow and length of stay and is the perfect opportunity to develop your portfolio as a Band 7 Lead. Leading an integrated, multi-disciplinary team of OTs, Physios, and Assistant Practitioners, you will have the autonomy to innovate, steer local audits, and drive service developments. Working closely with the Leads for both Elderly & Specialist Medicine, you will be instrumental in fostering a culture of shared learning and clinical excellence across our inpatient wards. If you are a motivated clinician with sharp organizational instincts and a passion for fast-paced, complex medicine, we want to hear from you. What we offer you:

• Targeted Leadership Development: Regular clinical supervision, mentorship, and appraisal from the Operational Team Leader in Therapy to help you achieve your career goals.
• Strategic Influence: A direct hand in initiating and driving service changes that directly improve patient care and discharge pathways.
• A Supportive MDT Network: Strong collaborative links with specialist teams across the trust and funding for relevant training to match your development needs., Your Role & Impact:
• Lead & Inspire: Manage the day-to-day running of the General Medicine Therapy service, providing specialist clinical guidance to your team and the wider MDT.
• Balance Clinical Excellence with Strategy: Maintain a hands-on, varied clinical caseload while overseeing overall team workflows to facilitate optimal, safe discharges.
• Grow Future Talent: Supervise, educate, and elevate the performance of your team through structured appraisals and clinical supervision.
  
  As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.