Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist: Care of Older Adults

Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking for your next leadership opportunity? Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our Care of Older Adults Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician passionate about supporting older adults to maximise their independence and achieve meaningful outcomes. As a senior member of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert occupational therapy assessment and intervention, clinical leadership, service development, and staff supervision.

As the Band 7 Occupational Therapist, you will lead the delivery of specialist occupational therapy services within Care of Older Adults, managing a complex caseload and supporting timely assessment, treatment planning, and discharge pathways.

You will join a dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality care and improving the lives of older people across our communities.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful difference to older adults and their families, we would love to hear from you., We are looking for a compassionate, skilled and innovative Occupational Therapist who thrives in a fast-paced acute hospital environment and is committed to improving outcomes for older adults.
As a senior Occupational Therapist, you will be expected to set and maintain high professional and clinical standards across the team by leading through example, promoting evidence-based practice, and fostering a culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement. You will ensure that patient-centred care remains at the heart of service delivery, supporting staff to achieve clinical excellence through regular supervision, appraisal, coaching and professional development. The post holder will lead and contribute to service audits, quality improvement initiatives and outcome evaluation, using data and patient feedback to identify opportunities for innovation, improve pathways and demonstrate the impact of occupational therapy interventions on patient outcomes. In addition, you will act as a strong advocate for the Occupational Therapy profession, promoting its value within multidisciplinary teams, supporting workforce development, facilitating student education and leadership
opportunities, and contributing to local and Trust-wide initiatives that raise the profile of occupational therapy and showcase its vital role in delivering high-quality care for older adults.

Please refer to the Applicant Guide via the link below for key information:- Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream