Job summary
Reporting to the Rehabilitation Services Manager, the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist will provide innovative clinical and managerial leadership which inspires, motivates and empowers therapists in the delivery of excellent patient experience. This role will focus on delivering a high quality, robust and responsive service to all patients requiring Occupational Therapy Services with a specialist interest all adult neurology, working alongside consultants and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Working as an autonomous practitioner, the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist will provide advanced neurological assessments, clinical diagnosis and management of patients in the neuro-rehabilitation and neurosurgical areas, ensuring that the service is informed by best evidence and expert knowledge.
Main duties of the job
What will your duties include?
Were recruiting a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Neuro to provide innovative clinical and managerial leadership which inspires, motivates and empowers therapists to deliver an excellent patient experience.
This role will focus on delivering a high quality, robust and responsive service to all patients requiring Occupational Therapy Services.
Therole will be based clinically within the Neurosciences institute and we are looking for an Occupational Therapist Lead with a specialist interest in all adult neurology, working alongside consultants and all members of the multidisciplinary team. Working as an autonomous practitioner, you will provide advanced neurological assessments, clinical diagnosis and management of patients in the neuro-rehabilitation and neurosurgical areas, ensuring that the service is informed by best evidence and expert knowledge.
You will have extensive postgraduate experience working withinNeurosciences at a senior level and of the assessment and treatment of cognition.
You will also demonstrate excellent clinical reasoning skills and specialist knowledge and application of therapy assessment and intervention for a range of neurological conditions.
You will have experience of leading an effective team of qualified therapy staff and students from different specialist areas, and of empowering patients to make their own decisions around their condition and treatment.
About us
Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading
providers of specialised medical care in the world, focused on providing
clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient
visits per year across more than 200 locations.
We employ over 65,000
caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.
We opened our first healthcare facility in
London in 2021 and our state-of-the art 184 bed hospital in 2022. With over 100
years of history, our Patients First philosophy will be at the heart of
Cleveland Clinic London and the goal of our team is to create an environment
that continues to delivers world-class clinical care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead, manage and deliver the Occupational Therapy service to provide high quality care to all patients
- Act as a source of expertise on the management of neurological patients, providing support and advice to senior occupational therapists and other health professionals both within the service and within other specialities
- Be responsible for the day to day operational service planning and delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service.
- Educate and train occupational therapists, occupational therapy students and other healthcare professionals in the management of neurological disorders.
- Provide aspirational clinical support to all other therapists and to develop them both clinically and non-clinically, acting as a good role model.
- Keep informed of developments within professional clinical practice relevant to this area of occupational therapy and to cascade this information and incorporate into local practice as appropriate.
- Work independently and within the MDT, managing discharge, transition home and onward referrals of patients, including involvement in complex discharges.
- Provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health professionals, patients and their families/carers
- Identify clinical research and audit priorities to drive the neurological occupational therapy clinical development strategy
- Assist with the collection and evaluation of capacity, productivity and other relevant data.
- Support the Rehabilitation Services Manager in the strategic development of the service as well as the development and delivery of innovative service improvement projects focussed on improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
- Provide the Rehabilitation Services Manager with assurance of proactive management of a clinical incident, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks.
- Assist in the recruitment and selection of occupational therapy staff and the wider therapy staff.
- Work within CCLs, Health and Care Professions Council and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) Standards of Practice.
- Adhere at all times to personal and professional standards, which reflect credit on the profession and encourage others to do likewise.
- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management and supporting others to do likewise
- Be responsible for the management of the weekend occupational therapy service with support from the Rehabilitation Services Manager
Education:
- Degree in relevant AHP profession
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to specialty area
- Evidence of training or experience in appraisal, supervisory skills and leadership/management.
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Evidence of post graduate training or experience in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal
- Membership of a special interest group
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Languages:
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Certifications:
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
Competencies (Complexity of Work):
- Expert clinical reasoning skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of the relevant clinical area of neurological therapy.
- Specialist knowledge and application of best evidence based practice in relevant speciality area and application of therapy assessment and intervention for a range of neurological conditions
- Demonstrate expert manual and neurological skills necessary for assessment and treatment of patients, including complex therapeutic handling, cognition, vocational, environmental and use of specialised occupational therapy equipment.
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily clinical practice
- Able to communicate effectively and flexibly verbally and in writing, and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients and Caregivers
- Able to lead, inspire, motivate and empower teams using effective clinical leadership qualities
- Able to mentor, coach and support patients, Caregivers and colleagues and establish and maintain good working relationships
- Able to organise, prioritise, delegate and work to deadline effectively
- Proven negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Able to work in a potentially stressful environment and with patients or carers who may be displaying aggressive or challenging behaviour
- Proven excellence in developing/and providing education and teaching to other professionals and students
- Advanced knowledge of clinical quality and patent safety issues and policy
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
- Understanding emerging role of therapies in evolving health environment
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
- Effective resolution of professional ethical issues
- Ability to carry out physical effort during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity.
Work Experience:
- Extensive postgraduate experience working within neurosciences at a senior level with experience of the assessment and treatment of cognition.
- Extensive experience of leading an effective team of qualified therapy staff and students, including recruitment and induction, setting objectives, coaching and developing and managing performance
- Extensive experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Experience of completing audits, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result of clinical incidents
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both generic and specific to clinical field/specialty
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality
- Experience of empowering patients to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engaging them in the planning and delivery of treatment, taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factor.
- Experience in the assessment of capacity, ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent and to support other caregivers to do likewise.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead, manage and deliver the Occupational Therapy service to provide high quality care to all patients
- Act as a source of expertise on the management of neurological patients, providing support and advice to senior occupational therapists and other health professionals both within the service and within other specialities
- Be responsible for the day to day operational service planning and delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service.
- Educate and train occupational therapists, occupational therapy students and other healthcare professionals in the management of neurological disorders.
- Provide aspirational clinical support to all other therapists and to develop them both clinically and non-clinically, acting as a good role model.
- Keep informed of developments within professional clinical practice relevant to this area of occupational therapy and to cascade this information and incorporate into local practice as appropriate.
- Work independently and within the MDT, managing discharge, transition home and onward referrals of patients, including involvement in complex discharges.
- Provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health professionals, patients and their families/carers
- Identify clinical research and audit priorities to drive the neurological occupational therapy clinical development strategy
- Assist with the collection and evaluation of capacity, productivity and other relevant data.
- Support the Rehabilitation Services Manager in the strategic development of the service as well as the development and delivery of innovative service improvement projects focussed on improving quality of care and patient outcomes.
- Provide the Rehabilitation Services Manager with assurance of proactive management of a clinical incident, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks.
- Assist in the recruitment and selection of occupational therapy staff and the wider therapy staff.
- Work within CCLs, Health and Care Professions Council and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) Standards of Practice.
- Adhere at all times to personal and professional standards, which reflect credit on the profession and encourage others to do likewise.
- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management and supporting others to do likewise
- Be responsible for the management of the weekend occupational therapy service with support from the Rehabilitation Services Manager
Education:
- Degree in relevant AHP profession
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to specialty area
- Evidence of training or experience in appraisal, supervisory skills and leadership/management.
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Evidence of post graduate training or experience in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal
- Membership of a special interest group
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Languages:
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Certifications:
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
Competencies (Complexity of Work):
- Expert clinical reasoning skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of the relevant clinical area of neurological therapy.
- Specialist knowledge and application of best evidence based practice in relevant speciality area and application of therapy assessment and intervention for a range of neurological conditions
- Demonstrate expert manual and neurological skills necessary for assessment and treatment of patients, including complex therapeutic handling, cognition, vocational, environmental and use of specialised occupational therapy equipment.
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily clinical practice
- Able to communicate effectively and flexibly verbally and in writing, and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients and Caregivers
- Able to lead, inspire, motivate and empower teams using effective clinical leadership qualities
- Able to mentor, coach and support patients, Caregivers and colleagues and establish and maintain good working relationships
- Able to organise, prioritise, delegate and work to deadline effectively
- Proven negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Able to work in a potentially stressful environment and with patients or carers who may be displaying aggressive or challenging behaviour
- Proven excellence in developing/and providing education and teaching to other professionals and students
- Advanced knowledge of clinical quality and patent safety issues and policy
- Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
- Understanding emerging role of therapies in evolving health environment
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
- Effective resolution of professional ethical issues
- Ability to carry out physical effort during the working day and carry out concurrent activities requiring skill and dexterity.
Work Experience:
- Extensive postgraduate experience working within neurosciences at a senior level with experience of the assessment and treatment of cognition.
- Extensive experience of leading an effective team of qualified therapy staff and students, including recruitment and induction, setting objectives, coaching and developing and managing performance
- Extensive experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Experience of completing audits, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result of clinical incidents
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both generic and specific to clinical field/specialty
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality
- Experience of empowering patients to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engaging them in the planning and delivery of treatment, taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factor.
- Experience in the assessment of capacity, ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent and to support other caregivers to do likewise.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education:
- Degree in relevant AHP profession
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to specialty area
- Evidence of training or experience in appraisal, supervisory skills and leadership/management.
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Evidence of post graduate training or experience in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal
- Membership of a special interest group
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Experience
Essential
- Work Experience:
- Extensive postgraduate experience working within neurosciences at a senior level with experience of the assessment and treatment of cognition.
- Extensive experience of leading an effective team of qualified therapy staff and students, including recruitment and induction, setting objectives, coaching and developing and managing performance
- Extensive experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Experience of completing audits, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result of clinical incidents
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both generic and specific to clinical field/specialty
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality
- Experience of empowering patients to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engaging them in the planning and delivery of treatment, taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factor.
- Experience in the assessment of capacity, ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent and to support other caregivers to do likewise.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education:
- Degree in relevant AHP profession
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to specialty area
- Evidence of training or experience in appraisal, supervisory skills and leadership/management.
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Evidence of post graduate training or experience in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal
- Membership of a special interest group
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential skills in another language are desirable.
Experience
Essential
- Work Experience:
- Extensive postgraduate experience working within neurosciences at a senior level with experience of the assessment and treatment of cognition.
- Extensive experience of leading an effective team of qualified therapy staff and students, including recruitment and induction, setting objectives, coaching and developing and managing performance
- Extensive experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Experience of completing audits, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result of clinical incidents
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both generic and specific to clinical field/specialty
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality
- Experience of empowering patients to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engaging them in the planning and delivery of treatment, taking into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factor.
- Experience in the assessment of capacity, ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent and to support other caregivers to do likewise.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
