Band 7 Occupational Therapy Orthopaedic & Surgical Team Lead

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you
Passionate about top class patient care in the acute setting for trauma and orthopaedic services
Wanting to make sure care is provided with a belief that every day matters.
Somebody with experience in the acute setting and like to lead a fast passed pressured team
Wanting to build on your current skills and knowledge and expand your leadership skills
Wanting to lead a team able to deal with current unprecedented challenges by exploring new ways of working to improve flow and effective service provision
Driven to change the narrative of OT within the Trust and our wider communities, to promote and develop a strong workforce now & for future generations
Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future
Thinking about return to practice
To provide excellent, high-quality person-centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strive to provide a service fit for today and the future. The post holder will lead and facilitate the Trauma Orthopaedic and Surgical OT Service with key roles in the development of a competent, knowledgeable workforce, equipping them to provide high-quality person-centred and evidenced based care.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff . We offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
Do you want
to lead a team whilst still keeping a clinical focus?
to extend your leadership and coaching skills
to be challenged professionally and be asked to think outside the box
develop a robust, motivated, and skilled workforce within the trauma, orthopaedic and surgical team
enhance and develop your skills within trauma and orthopaedic OT services including spinal injuries and acute recovery/rehab
work closely with the clinical specialist band 7 OT in surgery as a part of the team lead role
to be a part of the future of OT within the Trust

WE OFFER:

excellent advanced learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior OT lead management
peer support from a large group of colleagues
multi-professional leadership programmes
Flexible working agreements considerations
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post

Please refer the Job description for details