Lead Occupational Therapist
Location
Arnold, Nottinghamshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Priory Hospital Arnold , near Nottingham, provides acute and psychiatric intensive care services to those in need across Nottinghamshire. We work closely with referring Trusts to achieve minimum lengths of stay, and are able to provide an extension to NHS care pathways during times of fluctuating demand. The service offers a multidisciplinary team approach, working collaboratively to support patients through periods of crisis. The hospital comprises of 4 wards, 2 Acute wards and 2 PICU wards with a total of 52 inpatient beds.
You will lead the OT team, including OTs' and OT Assistants, as part of the wider Therapies Team at the hospital. To develop and provide the necessary assessments and treatments within a busy acute adult mental health and PICU service.
The lead role will take responsibility of the development of the OT service in addition to;
- Providing clinical specialist assessments for the patient group
- Reporting the effectiveness of the service to clinical governance and other performance related meetings
- Advocate and promote the role of OT within the acute/PICU setting
- Form positive working relations with the wider MDT
- Upskill and develop the OT workforce
- Embedded up to date practices and evidence based research into the service from an OTs perspective.
The ideal candidate would be; - Process driven, an understanding for the therapy pathway to support the patient journey from admission to discharge - Adaptable, to be able to meet the changes of the patient groups needs whilst also establishing stability through purposeful and meaningful activity - Seeking excellence – the drive to change and continuously improve whilst being able to communicate the need for improvement through evidence and data.
Candidates must be HCPC registered. Priory Hospital Arnold is seeking a candidate to continue the work that has helped to establish the service into a new and positive future.
We are open to candidates to come and visit the service to view the significant steps the team has made in improving the site, culture and patient outcomes. For your hard work and dedication to Priory, we will offer you a wide range of benefits: - 25 days annual leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service)
- Birthday Leave
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Contributory pension scheme
- Opportunities to develop and train in a wide variety of care settings
- Support and training from the beginning of your career
- Flexible working
- Supplemented meals
- Access to Employee Assistant programme and other wellness programmes
- Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest free Apple Products loan scheme)
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About us As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development.
Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated. As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.
Disclosure All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check. Closing Date 29/03/2024 Back to search Share Email to a friend Apply now
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£43.74k - £50.95k per annum
