Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Key Relationships:

To work with service users and carers

To work with Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy team members both within the service and the wider Trust network

To work Interdisciplinary with Multi-Disciplinary Team members

To work and liaise with other statutory and non-statutory service providers involved in service user care and Treatment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To manage a caseload of clients with highly complex Occupational Therapy needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.

To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.

To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate.

To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Practise Educator’s course. 

To support and act as a mentor to staff enrolled on the Occupational Therapy apprenticeship.

To apply in depth knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and other standardised assessment approaches relevant to the clinical setting.

Following specialist assessment, to undertake case formulation in order to highlight occupational strengths and limitations and to inform the intervention plan moving forward. 

To work collaboratively with service users to identify OT goals as part of the overall recovery plan. 

To provide interventions in the manner that is consistent with Trust standards and values.

To routinely provide detailed feedback to the MDT regarding observed occupational performance throughout contact, which inform ongoing assessment and therapeutic intervention.

To provide highly specialist support and education to service users and carers regarding aspects of occupational therapy e.g. equipment fitting, rehabilitation programmes, sensory issues, management of symptoms through activity.  

To maintain clinical records using the electronic patient record system.

To liaise with carers and other professionals as relevant.

To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.

To attend mandatory training.

To comply with the RCOT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and Trust policies

To review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.

To maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal/external development opportunities. 

To actively promote Occupational Therapy through the sharing of clinical expertise and experience through presenting of posters, writing of articles for professional publications, attendance at special interest groups, conferences etc.

To work flexibly in line with the needs of the service, including evenings and weekends if required.

Clinical Responsibility

To lead on identifying individuals Occupational Therapy goals and work with colleagues to support them to work towards these.

To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy advice, intervention and support given to service users and their carers.  

To provide timely updates and feedback to the clinical team regarding the service users wellbeing and occupational performance.

To provide detailed specialist occupational therapy reports when required, within designated clinical area. 

To seek out and use latest evidence-based practice to engage service users in meaningful and appropriate activities, to promote independence, recovery and well-being and demonstrating effectiveness of Occupational Therapy within these outcomes.

To have a senior oversight of the occupational needs of the specific service user group and develop services accordingly. 

To demonstrate and apply a highly specialist level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the client’s physical and social environment.

To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.

To undertake risk assessments within clinical area as guided by local/Trust policies.  

To report incidents, safeguarding concerns, complaints and compliments.

To work effectively as a senior member of a team in providing a highly specialised occupational therapy service to the designated area. 

To actively participate in /lead safety huddles and de-brief sessions as appropriate.

To support with purchasing of equipment and ensuring training needs around their use is identified to relevant persons and sought accordingly.

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

To review and reflect on personal practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.

To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistently reliable attendance.

To oversee the Occupational Therapy rota; managing leave and sickness.

To lead the day-to-day delivery of Occupational Therapy services within your area of practice including delegation of tasks to staff.

To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.

To lead in the coordination of induction, training and education of students and other staff in this setting as appropriate.

To work effectively as a senior member of the wider LD Assessment and Treatment Unit team.

 If you want a role that will stretch you clinically, support you professionally and give you the chance to be part of an Outstanding service striving for QNLD accreditation, we’d love to hear from you.