Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist

The Royal Liverpool Hospital plays a key role in delivering high-quality healthcare across the city. The post holder will support the development of Occupational Therapy services in line with the trusts vision and values. The role involves providing expert assessment, treatment planning, clinical reasoning, risk management and problem-solving to maximise functional independence, reduce length of stay and support safe and timely discharge. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication, compassion, sound clinical judgement, flexibility and effective leadership skills. They will provide line management, supervision, appraisal and training for Band 6 and Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and students, with support from Therapy Managers. Working closely with Physiotherapy colleagues, the wider Critical Care and Respiratory therapy teams, multidisciplinary teams, patients, carers and external agencies, the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, research and quality improvement initiatives. University Hospitals Liverpool Group is committed to supporting staff development. The post holder will have access to peer support and supervision from the Therapy Management Team and Band 7 peers across the Trust, with opportunities to attend relevant training, courses and leadership development programmes. Weekend working is required in line with service needs.

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To undertake assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to clinically diagnose

Implement evidence based treatment plans with regards to physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning.

Deliver and evaluate treatment programmes according to health care needs using a comprehensive range of treatment options.

To advise, assist and educate band 5 and band 6 OTs and Student OT's.

Occupational Therapists on the management of clinically complex patients.

To be responsible for the supervision of Students and Assistants within own team.

To provide Therapy Lead with relevant information for the planning and development of the unit.

To ensure where necessary the provision of staff cover within own clinical team in times of annual leave/sickness etc.

To assist the Managers in achieving the departmental objectives and promoting an open style of management.

To participate in the professional development programme of the Occupational Therapy Department.

Co-ordinate the effective day to day running of own team and ensure effective dissemination of information.

To participate in the recruitment and selection of therapy staff under the guidance of Therapy Lead.

This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.

Through the course of your employment you may become aware of information concerning patients or staff. All such information must be treated as confidential. Breach of this confidence may result in dismissal.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

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