Specialist Occupational Therapist
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustSearch for more jobs in Lincoln
Job overview
Lincolnshire is known for its diverse rural landscape, offering everything from cathedral views in the historical city of Lincoln to the rolling fields, market towns and coastal villages.
It also has some of the most affordable living costs in England.
As an occupational therapist working within the Adult Community Therapy team, you will have the opportunity to champion the key values of your profession.
We understand through purposeful & meaningful activity we support people to rehabilitate, recover and self-care. You will work alongside a knowledgeable & supportive team of therapists. We support one another to meet the needs of patients living in Lincoln, Gainsborough and all the villages in between.
Working beyond boundaries is the only way to support patients in their goals. We encourage creativity, inclusivity & thinking outside of the box.
Your caseload will be varied: you will have the opportunity to work alongside adults experiencing a range of long-term health conditions and acute deteriorations in their functional abilities. A key aspect of this will involve assessment of frailty and providing meaningful support for people with palliative health conditions.
We work closely with the wider multidisciplinary and multiagency teams to ensure that our patients receive high quality and equitable care.
If you are interested in this role or would like to find out a little bit more about what we can offer, please get in touch.
This post will commence from April 2025
Main duties of the job
- To assess and set goals for patients living in their own homes and care settings
- To provide high quality occupational therapy interventions
- To provide clinical leadership and supervision to members of the therapy team
- To represent Adult Community Therapy in the context of the wider multidisciplinary and multiagency team
- To work alongside the therapy leads in order to innovate and develop the therapy service
- To demonstrate a commitment to personal development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further detail regarding the main responsibilities of the role