Specialist Occupational Therapist - Medicine for the Older Adult

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Specialist Occupational Therapist (Medicine for the Older Adults) to join our supportive, progressive team, in the fast paced environment of Medicine for the Older Adult based at University Hospital Monklands (UHM). 

UHMs Medicine of the older adult service consists of a frailty receiving unit focusing on early intervention, rapid assessment and discharge from hospital within 24-48hours. There are two 24 bedded wards for acute rehab where the post holder will work with the multidisciplinary team to treat individuals who are frailty positive and are admitted to the ward due to frequent falls, geriatric orthopaedic rehab post fractures/operations, vascular amputation, delirium, cognitive decline and general deconditioning. 

Within Lanarkshire we are passionate on achieving an active wards ethos and ending pj paralysis. In UHM medicine of the older adult, occupational therapy play an integral role in implementing weekly activity classes, reaching fit to sit targets and delivering education to staff and families on hospital deconditioning and adopting a think activity approach to a hospital stay. 

Applicants must be able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and core Occupational Therapy skills. They will be able to prioritise and work in a busy and fast-paced environment, and demonstrate a creative and dynamic approach to achieving patients goals for discharge. University Hospital Monklands Medicine of the Older Adult prides itself on their true multidisciplinary working approach, you will attend daily MDT and predicted discharge date meetings to ensure appropriate and timely working. The post holder should be self-motivating and able to maintain team focus on early intervention, person-centred goal setting and discharge planning to ensure timeous discharge. 

As the Specialist OT you will share responsibility for day to day operational issues within the Occupational Therapy Team, and be involved in service improvement, staff development, supervision, clinical effectiveness and student education.

As a team, we wish to continue in our improvement journey; to encourage personal development, maintain and build upon relationships with our community colleagues and to increase patient and carer experience with occupational therapy. 

Contract type and Shift Pattern

• Band 6 / Permanent /Full Time / 37 hours
• Monday - Friday

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Why join NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee Counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Occupational Therapist with valid HCPC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently. 
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
• Leadership skills to enable the day to day management of service delivery.
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective time management skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology

It would be good if you also had:

• Practice education training and experience within the specific care group/speciality
• Evidence of audit, critical appraisal, reflective practice and/or research skills
• Sound knowledge of multi-disciplinary and inter agency team working practices

Looking to find out more?

If youre looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Tracey Stark at tracey.stark@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Devon Westwater at Devon.Westwater@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants:

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received.  Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced.  Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer.  If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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