Principal Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist Professional Lead 0.4wte 15 hours (12 month secondment) We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist with a proven track record of leading and developing staff and services to join the Urgent Care/ Medical and Surgical Divisions Divisional Therapy Management team to provide Occupational Therapy professional leadership at the University Hospital of North Midlands. The therapy teams for Urgent Care/ Medical and Surgical Divisions provide both inpatient and outpatient services across Royal Stoke and County Hospitals and cover the specialities of:-

• A&E and SDEC
• Acute Medical wards
• Frailty wards
• Respiratory Medicine including MND
• Critical Care
• Surgical Special Care
• Elective and Emergency Surgical wards
• Oncology and Renal Services
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Amputee
• Elective Orthopaedic Unit
• Hands Therapy, Support will be provided by the other Principal Therapists and Divisional Therapy managers and continuous development is provided through appraisal, internal training and external learning. Participate in Trust and external leading programs are actively encouraged. The successful candidate will be expected to fully invest in the Trust Values of Compassion, Improving, Safer and Together.
  
  This is a really exciting opportunity for someone to demonstrate their leadership and management skills in a fast paced acute setting as well as providing clinical expertise and guidance to the teams. This speciality lends itself naturally to innovative ways of working and we are looking for a creative thinking individual who thrives on new challenges and is able to demonstrate a solution focussed approach in problem solving., The ideal candidate will already have experience at senior management level and be able to embrace the challenges and opportunities of working in an acute trust. If you are able to take on this dynamic post we look forward to hearing from you.
  
  University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust. At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.