We are looking for a Occupational Therapist to join the South Cumbria Community Therapy Team, working across intermediate care beds and community therapy.   This is as part of a newly integrated Community Therapy Team.  

The post holder, working alongside other Clinical Lead Therapy colleagues, will be responsible for managing the deployment and supervision of an integrated therapy team within the Furness area.  

Alongside the Intermediate care beds, the service works closely with the Integrated Care Communities, local GP's, Adult Social Care, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and hospital discharge teams. The service supports people with a wide variety of conditions including elderly care, frailty and falls, orthopaedics and long-term condition management.   

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The post holder will have advanced clinical skills of respiratory/mobility/neurological assessment and treatment skills and the ability to holistically manage complex patients both in our 18 bedded intermediate care unit and the coomunity. 

With developments in community care there will be opportunities to review practice and develop new ways of working to align with national guidelines. Clinical leadership and development of the service will be at the forefront, leading on service development and delivering training to further develop skills within the speciality. 

The post holder will communicate with the MDT to effectively contribute to patient flow through sound knowledge of discharge pathways and community services.  

You will have a shared responsibility of management of the Occupational Therapy team, implementing service development in line with current evidence and standards and delivering training for Occupational Therapists, therapy support staff, students and the wider MDT. The role will include some staff management and service management responsibilities such as  managing absence and completing annual appraisals. 

The successful applicant will be an effective team player, have the ability to use their initiative and communicate with empathy. They will embrace innovation and integrated working and be committed to following the best practice to ensure patient centred care. 

The ability to demonstrate a commitment to clinical leadership is essential