Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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Job overview

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We have a fantasticsecondment opportunityfor an experienced and motivated Lead Occupational Therapist (7) in our Redbridge HASS community therapies services. The successful applicant will be responsible for the management, oversight, supervision of the team and their clinical cases. They will lead and work collaboratively with the Leadership team on transformation and quality improvement projects that focus on enhancing the Therapy provision, the therapeutic offer, the overall operational and clinical management. They will be responsible for complex patient cases to provide specialist OT / Physio assessments and interventions. The post holder will support their leadership colleagues and the service lead and be an effective team member whilst working on OT initiatives. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies. They will lead and advocate for the occupational and physio therapy role in transformation projects ensuring AHP OT / physio leadership is recognised trust wide. 

Expected Start date – 01/10/24

Main duties of the job

·To be actively involved in the day to day running of the CHSCS therapy team

·Networking with other multi-disciplinary, statutory, private and voluntary organisations, users, carers and assisting in managing the interfaces between them

·Recruitment and selection

·Plan and provide local Induction and ensure trust induction standards are met

·Workload prioritisation &planning within team

·Review and amend as appropriate clinical priorities, balancing patient related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with the service policies

·Providing regular supervision and performance management

·Deputise for the team manager and or Locality Lead as required

·Support the team manager in the effective management of the resources including all pay and non-pay expenditure, ensuring that accountability can be demonstrated for all financial actions

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part time staff.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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·To assess the therapeutic needs of a defined client group, plan and implement client centred interventions, evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure clinical effectiveness.

·To use patient / client medical and social information as part of the therapy process.

·To use and handle specialist equipment for assessment and treatment purposes.

·To practice and promote best evidence-based practice and participate in specific clinical audits in CHSCS.

·To allocate clinical and administrative work appropriately to support staff and monitor outcome.

·To maintain accurate contemporaneous records on all aspects of the treatment process and client / patient contact.

·To act as a resource for other CHSC clinicians, support staff and students, ensuring own actions promote quality.

·To participate in clinical meetings and patient / client case conferences, presenting detailed specific professional information.

·To apply a level of understanding of the effects of disability and its effect on the client / patient, carer and wider community.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of health and social care integration

Desirable criteria

Community expereince

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive experience working as a band 6 /7 as OT with community care experience Experience of MDT working

Desirable criteria

In current band 7 role

Skills

Essential criteria

Specialist Community care OT PT skills

Desirable criteria

Current in band 6 role wanting to gain more clinical skills1

Other

Essential criteria

Community setting experience

Desirable criteria

Car driver

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.