Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and driven Occupational therapist to join the Acute Therapies Orthopaedics Team at Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals. You will work closely with a team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy technicians at Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals to deliver specialist therapy services within the Orthopaedic team. You will be an essential part of the large multidisciplinary team and part of the wider inpatient therapy team. Our well-established team works closely with counter parts in MSK and Elective Orthopaedic Centre (Central Middlesex Hospital) to innovate, share knowledge and embed good practice.The successful applicant will have significant experience at band 6 level in occupational therapy treatment/ management of Orthopaedic conditions and be able to demonstrate leadership qualities and management acumen. You will have an opportunity to work alongside Clinical Specialists in Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy to develop and support the rest of the team in delivering high quality services and service improvement projects. At LNWUH NHS Trust we are committed to delivering top-quality patient care, excellent education and research. You will be supported and actively encouraged in developing your leadership and clinical skills in this area, to facilitate service improvement and integration with community services and other providers.Main duties of the job The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, taking a lead in coordinating and providing a highly specialist occupational therapy service to patients within Inpatient Orthopaedics. Provide assessment and treatment for patients with a wide range of complex physical, sensory, perceptual and cognitive problems within inpatient settings Manage their own caseload working alongside the multi-disciplinary team and other external agencies to ensure highly specialist treatment plans. Work collaboratively with patients, carers and with colleagues in health and social services to ensure effective service planning, policy and delivery of services to their specific patient group. Be the joint lead therapist for this area of service and represent the department at relevant meetings both in and outside the Trust. The post holder will contribute to departmental meetings, and lead complex audit and regularly undertakes research activities in specialist area. Take responsibility for planning and delivering highly specialist training to other OTs, professionals and patient/carers on all aspects of sensory, perceptual, physical and functional skills.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.