Community Occupational Therapy Lead - Band 7

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you'.
We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us ., Your focus will be on operational and professional leadership, governance, support and development for Occupational Therapists working within the South Cotswolds ICT. You will join an established, highly experienced peer group of professionals covering community nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and reablement.
Working as part of the multidisciplinary community-based team; the successful candidate will be passionate about the role of Occupational Therapy and how we can support people in their own homes - ranging from rapid assessment to prevent hospital admission, through to provision of therapy for Home First/Reablement and assessment for long term adaptations through the disabled facilities grant processes.
In collaboration with colleagues, you will be responsible for service developments using a quality improvement approach and through making links across other services and organisations.
You will receive regular supervision and be working as part of a supportive team.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification., · To provide clinical, professional, managerial and leadership expertise for your profession within the ICTs, providing profession specific advice
· Support and direct clinical decision making (patient and service specific) on all relevant matters to ensure the quality of services provided.
· To work in partnership as part of the ICT Operational Team to ensure high quality clinical care is delivered operationally.
· The post holder will be a driver for innovation and a champion in advancing best practice in the contribution that community services deliver as part of the health and social care system.
· To work with, develop and maintain partnerships with other health, social and third sector partners.
· To undertake all duties and inter-actions with employees, partner providers and customers fairly, without unlawful discrimination and with due regard to Equality and Diversity policies for employment and service delivery.
· To work effectively within the ICTs and ensure all staff adhere to their Professional Code of Conduct as a registered professional.
· In collaboration with the Community Manager and Professional Head of Service to ensure alignment of professional priorities with organisational priorities and core business.
· To support a positive culture of development, growth and progression within the organisation. To embed values, holism and integrated working. Collaborating with the management team and other Professional Leads to ensure high quality care delivery
· To be an expert, role model and mentor to colleagues in your profession
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
+ Free car parking at many of our sites
+ 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
+ A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
+ A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
+ Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
+ Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
+ Recognition and long service awards
+ Fast Track physiotherapy
+ Our Wellbeing line
+ Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
Salary Update
With effect from 1 April 2024, there is a 5.5 per cent consolidated uplift for all Agenda for Change (AfC) staff on NHS terms and conditions. This may change the salary that is advertised on this advert.
The national NHS Employers team are working through the processes required to implement the recently announced new Agenda for Change pay award for 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. The related national Pay Advisory Notice (which confirms the details including dates) is yet to be issued to employers.
If there is any further information, we will ensure you are updated accordingly.

Are you an innovative and forward-thinking Occupational Therapist with a broad spectrum of practice experience to share, and looking for the next step in your career?
We are seeking to recruit a highly experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Leadership team in Cotswolds Integrated Community Teams (ICTs)

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
+ 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
+ 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
+ 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
+ 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.