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• To ensure a high quality, effective and occupational therapy service within the Elderly Care department.
• To be an occupational therapist with advanced clinical skills in the management of patients in Elderly care for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT)
• To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the occupational therapy team in conjunction with the Inter professional Team Lead or Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy
• To use specialist knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the occupational therapy team and other healthcare staff
• To manage own caseload of patients with highly complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner
• Drive initiatives and quality improvement projects to improve to constantly improve the service
• To be a member of the Occupational Therapy department leadership team, contributing to delivery of safe and effective services
• Leading on service development, quality improvement planning, and policy development in relevant clinical area
• To deputise for the Inter- professional Lead and Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy as required.

The elderly care therapy team is a fantastic, dynamic and well respected team within the MDT. The team work very closely with their physiotherapy colleagues in order to provide the best outcomes for older adults within the service.

In many areas, the Trust is nationally recognised as delivering outstanding care and the Therapies service is fully focused on delivering on the trusts ambition to continue to enhance this excellent work. This is embodied in the Therapies service vision - to deliver a high quality, patient centred, modern service which promotes innovative thinking and prioritises the development of staff.

Come and join our team as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

• Providing leadership to the Elderly Care Occupational Therapy Team to ensure they are able to deliver safe and effective services to this clinical area
• To keep abreast of new developments generally within occupational therapy, and within the designated area . To monitor quality of services and facilitate implementation of best practice to improve patient experience and outcomes
• To ensure statutory training is maintained and that there is relevant training for the team, supporting staff to develop their knowledge and skills within their role
• To use expert knowledge to provide specialist teaching on a wide range of topics to the designated team, other occupational therapy and physiotherapy staff and students, and other professionals