Occupational Therapy Lead Hemel Hempstead, England
Job description
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services -CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to utilise your clinical experience within a community setting? Do you want to develop your management and leadership skills within a fast-paced operational environment? This job opportunity will see you work closely with multi-organisation partners to improve the patient experience and timeliness to the most appropriate health and care services.
If you can answer yes to any of the above then we may just have the job for you!
We are looking to recruit an experienced Occupational Therapist to co-lead the Discharge to Assess (DTA) bed therapy service within West Hertfordshire. If you have experience of leading within health services and have a desire to further develop a service in a highly performing, stimulating and fast-paced environment then this may be your opportunity.
You will be fully supported by the team and service manager as you grow your knowledge of clinical services within West Hertfordshire and beyond to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care in a timely manner.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
- The post holder will work autonomously and in collaboration with the community teams within CLCH, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies and HCC to deliver excellent standards of patient care.
- Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/ clinical practice.
- Prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
- Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.
