Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and driven Occupational therapist to join the Acute Therapies Orthopaedics Team at Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals.

You will work closely with a team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy technicians at Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals to deliver specialist therapy services within the Orthopaedic team.

You will be an essential part of the large multidisciplinary team and part of the wider inpatient therapy team. Our well-established team works closely with counter parts in MSK and Elective Orthopaedic Centre (Central Middlesex Hospital) to innovate, share knowledge and embed good practice. The successful applicant will have significant experience at band 6 level in occupational therapy treatment/ management of Orthopaedic conditions and be able to demonstrate leadership qualities and management acumen.

You will also have the opportunity to develop hand therapy skills and work with the outpatients hand therapy team.

At LNWUH NHS Trust we are committed to delivering top-quality patient care, excellent education and research. You will be supported and actively encouraged in developing your leadership and clinical skills in this area, to facilitate service improvement and integration with community services and other providers.

Main duties of the job

To assess and treat own case load and provide a highly specialist orthopaedic occupational therapy service to patients.

To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating patients with highly complex disability associated with orthopaedic patients and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.

To be a clinical lead for the orthopaedic occupational therapy service.

To provide specialist assessment and treatment for patients with a wide range of complex physical, sensory, perceptual and cognitive problems within inpatient settings.

To work closely with the orthopaedic MDT and cross-site clinical and therapy leads to support the development of the orthopaedic occupational therapy service.

To work collaboratively with patients, carers and with colleagues in health and social services to ensure effective service planning, policy and delivery of services to their specific patient group.

To contribute to the management of all aspects of the Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Service. This includes prioritizing and organizing all referrals to the orthopaedic inpatients and allocation of patients.

To be responsible for the development and appraisal of the team members, including band 6, band 5, therapy assistants and students.

To regularly provide formal and informal, on-going training and education to occupational therapy staff, other healthcare professions and students.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.