Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 6
Area: Lincolnshire NHS 
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  Discharge Facilitator. To start asap for 3 months. Based within Community NHS Trust however will require acute setting working as post is hospital based.
Essential experience:
-Professional degree or diploma in relevant field
-Post Graduate qualification in specialist field
-Appropriate statutory professional body registration
-Must be willing to participate in any relevant training identified to develop skills required to carry out duties
-Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards
-Experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team
-Experience in supervising and delegating to other members of staff
-Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to service area and profession
-Knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics and innovation
-Demonstrates awareness of limits to knowledge base
-Application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice
-Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills
-Performs test / procedures / diagnostics relevant to clinical role at a specialist level  proficiently
-Complex analytical and creative problem solving skills in unpredictable situations
-Workload management including delegation of tasks and day-to-day team leadership
-Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports and compile simple presentations
-Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate
-Risk assessment skills
-Reflective practice skills – able to give clear and effective feedback
-Able to research, understand and evaluate evidence in order to contribute to practice development
-Displays care, compassion, sensitivity and responsiveness to other peoples’ feelings and needs
-Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace
-Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with patients and their carers
-Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable
Desirable experience:
 - 3 Years minimum NHS experience. 
-Supporting Learning in Practice (SLIP) or equivalent
-Leadership and management training – ILM 3 or equivalent
-Working in community or primary care based teams
Experience of managing staff
-Knowledge of specific innovation techniques / initiatives e.g. Productive Community / Ward Series (Leeds Approach)
-Experience in research and/or clinical audit
There is no scope for home working in this role. Candidates are expected to work autonomously on the allocated ward/ department with access to support from the wider team where needed.
Working hours: Monday-Sunday. Staff currently work long days 8-6 or 10-8 shifts with weekend working included. Applications not wishing to work long days will be considered for the following shifts 8-4 or 12-8
Code:  U.MX-5808.010001.B11003