Band 7 Team Lead Occupational therapist - Inpatient Rehabilitation

If you are a dynamic & experienced Occupational therapist come join our friendly and supportive Inpatient rehabilitation teams based across 2 sites . Capetown & Canterbury wards , offer short stay Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation, for adults within an MDT setting at the Chase farm hospital site. You will work closely with the therapy team at Magnolia unit ( Inpatient complex general , Stroke & neurorehab) based at St Michael's primary care centre.

You will work alongside a Band 7 Physiotherapy team lead , Band 7 nurse lead and supported by the Integrated therapies Lead. You will be responsible for managing the OT team , in order to achieve the best outcomes for your patients , adhering to National and local standards.

This role is ideal for experienced Band 6 OTs with advanced clinical skills wishing to develop further into a senior position or for existing Band 7s looking for a new challenge. The role has supervision and staff management responsibility You will be involved in developing the OT services working with OTs, Physiotherapists, support workers, Medical & Nursing staff. The trust’s training and development pathway includes a yearly appraisal ,supervision and leadership development pathways.

We welcome you to join our services as we explore new avenues and integrate rehabilitation services across 2 sites.

Contact Kavita Shastri - Magnolia Unit Manager & Integrated Therapies Lead Email : kavita.shastri@nhs.net, phone: 07974878754 for any queries

Capetown & Canterbury wards & Magnolia unit are community-based wards,

providing physical rehabilitation for adults and older people transferred from

acute providers or following hospital avoidance admissions from the

community. The post holder will have experience of working within the

specialist area of complex inpatient rehabilitation, including working with

patients with progressive and non-progressive conditions (orthopaedic,

respiratory, medical and surgical).

The post holder will work as an autonomous Occupational Therapist,

responsible for the management, planning, implementation and direction of the

OT Team which consists of a Band 6, Band 5 and Band 4 staff to ensure the

provision of an exceptional standard of Occupational Therapy service, in

conjunction with the multi-professional team, to meet the needs of the

inpatients on the ward. This will also including mentoring, training, CPD,

supervision and appraisal of staff and students.

The post holder will also provide specialist OT advice to the MDT and provide

expertise relating to service developments, including leading Departmental

projects when required.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kavita Shastri Job title: Magnolia unit manager & Integrated therapies lead Email address: Kavita.shastri@nhs.net Telephone number: 07974878754