Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

*** Previous applicants need not apply ***

The Occupational Therapist (OT) will be responsible for the delivery and review of the occupational therapy services across the  Anxiety, Depression, Affective Disorders, Personality Disorders and Trauma (ADAPT) pathway, ensuring the occupational needs of the service users are addressed.

Working closely with the multi-disciplinary team, the postholder will provide specialist occupational assessments and interventions to promote meaningful engagement, independence and social inclusion. This will include delivering group based interventions to support recovery.

You will coordinate care for a small, defined caseload within the ADAPT service. and contribute to step-down planning to support service users' discharge to primary care services. As a clinical specialist OT, the postholder will offer clinical supervision and support service improvement initiatives as required.

Main duties of the job

The post offers the opportunity to develop your clinical leadership skills, by supporting the clinical lead with quality improvement initiatives and clinical leadership roles, You will be expected to develop and review the occupational therapy offer within the ADAPT service, ensuring a clear OT pathway is embedded in the team.

Your clinical role will be embedded in the ADAPT West team where you will be responsible for carrying out skilled assessments and delivering interventions across occupational domains. You will also be required to take on the role of lead healthcare professional for a small group of complex service users.

In applying occupational therapy models you will work from an evidence base and draw upon current developments in Recovery and Social Inclusion. You will need to be committed to a service user focus and creative in finding ways to help people develop and achieve personal goals. You will also contribute to delivering group interventions as required.

You will work alongside OT and multi-disciplinary colleagues, as well as a range of other agencies. You will also be responsible for providing supervision for staff within the team, contributing to the management of the referral system and assisting the team manager with quality improvement and other specific clinical tasks.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To manage a clinical caseload
• To work as a member of the MDT
• To lead on the development of evidence-based OT practice
• To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to:

-Self care

-Work

-Leisure

• To Care co-ordinate a small generic caseload. Maximum percentage of role as care co-ordinator is 30%.
• To lead on service development
• To lead/participate in research/audit activities.
• Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
• To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
• To work independently without direct supervision
• To be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OT assessment & interventions for the client group.
• To provide clinical support and leadership for junior staff, and OT students on fieldwork placement
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT service
• To undertake identified generic responsibilities for an agreed percentage of time.
• To follow an agreed Job Plan
• To work with clients who have complex needs and challenging behaviour.
• To adhere to Trust’s requirements for management of violence training relevant to clinical area