Specialist Occupational Therapist, Acute & Emergency Medicine

An exciting opportunity to enhance your career is available - join our integrated therapy team in the Acute and Emergency Medicine at Charing Cross Hospital. Our Front Door Therapy department provides opportunity for enthusiastic and highly motivated therapists to expand their skills in admission avoidance, complex discharge planning, and frailty. We pride ourselves in providing a high quality of care for our patients utilising the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and working along-side an outstanding multidisiplinary team across ED and the acute medical units.

We are seeking a dynamic occupational therapist who thrives in a fast paced environment, where no two days are the same. You will have the opportunity to assess and treat a wide range of patient cohorts; frailty, falls, dementia, delirium, musculoskeletal injuries, neurological conditions and other long term conditions.

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.

To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work.

To flexibly manage responsibilities for own complex caseload, service delivery and teaching commitments. To decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the teams.

As a lead member of the department, ensure teaching programmes and clinical education / supervision meet the needs of more junior staff’s education and development to ensure that a specialist knowledge of intervention is acquired at all levels. To develop and conduct local in-service and MDT training.

Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and im

proving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Crossey Job title: Clinical Lead for OT and PT Email address: nicola.crossey@nhs.net