Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist for Frailty
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9430-25-0369 |
Summary
To be responsible for managing a highly specialist clinical caseload of older people with frailty within ED, Same day emergency care pathway, AMU, short stay and older persons wards for MKUH. Patients will be assessed and treated in a variety of different settings including outpatients, inpatients and community as required by the area of clinical specialty. Act asa resource for the Acute Assessment and Frailty Team, leading MDT education and training in acute frailty care alongside the Consultant Geriatricians and Specialist Frailty Nurses. To lead in the absence of the Frailty Leads to support them in the delivery and development of area of clinical speciality. To contribute to the development of a Therapy Services vision and strategy in conjunction with the wider Trust and other divisional strategies, ensuring that opportunities for development and collaborative working are promoted. The post holder will have knowledge of emerging clinical developments, provide advice to inform service development in the speciality in support of the appropriate Therapy Lead. To have and maintain highly specialist clinical skills in specialist area, at MKUH role modelling advanced clinical assessment and treatment skills for an agreed caseload of patients. Toactively participate in relevant forums and lead a rolling programme of education, clinical evaluation audit and research within area of speciality. To review the setting of staffing levels/skill mix in accordance with the changing needs of the service and informing the Therapy Lead of any problems that may arise. To act as a source of expertise in specialist area for patients, carers, medical staff and other health professionals, GPs and colleagues. Please refer to the job description for further details We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.