Children's Community Occupational Therapy Team Lead (East Team) United Kingdom
Job description
Supporting Management of service provision ensuring minimal delays to patient care Operational Supervision , and general management of a team of staff Bands 2 to 6, and appraisal of Band 6 staff in the team. Cross cover for other Team leads when appropriate to do so. Sickness absence management. Early stages of disciplinary and capability with support of HR and Therapy Managers.
Health and Safety of team/therapy environments. Linking with Clinical leads when clinical supervision is carried out within the team. Study leave requests co-ordination and first level authorisation. Recruitment: responsibility for job descriptions, ads, interviewing and informing Therapy Manager of details of appointments.
Appropriate response and feedback to incidents Professional leadership within field of expertise. Maintain own competency to practice through CPD activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development. To facilitate student placements within the department and provide support to clinical educators within the team. Clinical Activities Achieve clinical competencies in line with requirements of the specialism Ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients and support staff to do likewise.
Undertake specialist assessment of patients with complex presentation as an autonomous practitioner. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills and expertise to form accurate diagnosis. Formulate and deliver individual therapy treatment plans using a range of assessment and treatment skills. Manage clinical risk within patient caseload.
Supporting students / work experience students. Strategic Development, Planning and Organising Work within Trust, HCPC and clinical guidelines, applying working knowledge of national and local standards Monitoring team activity/performance, including patient activity, mandatory training attendance, PDRS etc Act in nominated lead capacity, representing Team Leads from other services and cascading information as required. Attendance at relevant service wide meetings. Administrative Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical case notes.
Responsible for E-rostering, annual leave planning and recording of sickness absence within the team. Please see the attached job description for full details.
