Community Occupational Therapist | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

We are looking for a dynamic and patient focused individual to join our Community Therapy Team.

You will work alongside the Locality Manager and Deputy Locality Manger to provide leadership, managing your team, ensuring patient flow, and identifying and taking forward quality improvement.

You will work as part of the Integrated Community Team (ICT) pathways to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions and to provide advanced holistic assessment/diagnostics, support, treatment and rehabilitation of patients in their own home

You will work closely with the Lead Nurse, Clinical Lead and other members of the Senior Team to continue to develop the service. You will be required to travel to various locations within Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust to attend meetings that cannot be held virtually.

You will provide clinical leadership within the unit, ensuring all members of the therapy team deliver high quality clinical care within scope of professional practice and work within the competency framework.

You will support the therapists with managing their caseload, goals setting and meeting the estimated discharge dates to maintain patient flow through the unit.

You will support and continually develop your therapy team, encouraging training, managing sickness, addressing performance issues, and undertake recruitment of new staff.

Through audits and feedback you will work with the locality manager and Deputy Locality Manager , clinical quality lead and senior operational team to take forward continuous improvement.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

You will support your team with day to day management of their patients.

You will work alongside the rest of the MDT to ensure patients achieve their goals.

In managing the therapy team you will monitor performance: addressing issues as they arise, complete appraisals, manage sickness, support compliance with mandatory training.

You will work with the Locality Manager and Deputy Locality Manager to monitor performance of the unit and continue to implement identified changes to meet CQC requirements

In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary subject to a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum pro rata.

You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

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