Job overview

This role may be eligible for recruitment incentives, please liaise with the recruiting manager for further detail.

Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a dynamic Principal / Professional Lead OT to join our Forensic Division and help shape the future of occupational therapy within secure and community forensic services.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and develop a small team of OTs, AHPs and support staff across inpatient and community forensic services
• Provide expert clinical input, managing a specialist caseload of patients with complex needs
• Contribute to the strategic direction and service development of AHPs in the Forensic Division
• Support and inspire colleagues through supervision, training, and professional leadership
• Drive quality improvement, audit and research initiatives to ensure evidence-based, patient-centred care

What we’re looking for:

• A registered OT with the HCPC, educated to Master’s level (or equivalent)
• Proven leadership and management experience in clinical mental health and learning disabilities services
• Highly developed specialist knowledge in occupational therapy practice, ideally within forensic or mental health settings
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in forensic settings is not necessary as full training and induction is provided

Main duties of the job

The role of Principal OT in the Forensic Division will:

• Manage and professionally lead a small group of OTs, other AHPs  and associated staff in the inpatient service
• Professionally lead the OTs in the Community Forensic services
• Be responsible for the clinical strategic direction for AHPs in the Forensic Division
• Participate in the Trust Manager On-Call rota
• Clinical delivery of OT to inpatient cohort
• Caseload of patients for clinical OT

Core Functions

• Accountable for the high-quality therapy services to patients/ service users
• Responsible for management issues within the service/area ensuring appropriate systems for the regular structured clinical supervision,
• Appraisals and management processes of qualified and unqualified therapy and other designated staff.
• To work in partnership with operational managers, professional lead and other colleagues
• To continue to demonstrate advanced clinical and management skills in practice and provide support and advice re. service development,  delivery and co-ordination of the highest quality care in collaboration with service users, carers, staff, managers, other agencies, appropriate to the service area
• To lead clinical audits and undertake research 
  
  

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised, but which still meet the needs of the service.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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