Highly Specialist Care of the Elderly Occupational Therapist

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, providing specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention to clients within the acute inpatient care of the elderly service. The post holder is responsible for managing a caseload of clients with complex needs, including where appropriate contributing to safe, multidisciplinary team discharge planning. In addition to their clinical responsibilities the post holder will lead the ongoing development of this service with assistance from the inpatient OT operational lead, and in line with local and national clinical guidelines. They will also be responsible for planning and delivering high quality teaching to OT's, students and other professionals, whilst maintaining their own professional and highly specialist knowledge base related to senior health and wellbeing. The job role is primarily Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm (37.5 hours per week), however the post holder will also be expected to contribute to the weekend rota.,

• Leading and developing the care of the elderly Occupational Therapy service
• Developing and supporting junior staff members
• Strong clinical reasoning, assessment , treatment and discharge planning skills with regards to complex patients across but not limited to functional, social, environmental and psychology factors
• Support of the overall Occupational Therapy service in alignment with the NHS 10 year plans
• Complex risk management , clinical training and development, staff management, clinical governance and support of pillars of practice, good communication skills, good MDT working, and very strong clinical skills.
  
  Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated "Outstanding" for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.
We have approximately 350 beds and directly employ around 2,900 staff. Our trust provides a full range of diagnostic services and treatment services. Our main site is the Kingston Hospital site but we also run a number of outpatient clinics in the community, including in Raynes Park, Surbiton, Queen Mary's Roehampton and Teddington.