Lead Occupational Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Lead Occupational Therapist within Adult Mental Health Urgent Care portfolio. The post covers acute inpatient wards at Lanchester Road Hospital, West Park Hospital and Roseberry Park Hospital. As a Lead Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will provide clinical and professional leadership for occupational therapy in the designated service areas. This will also include managing your own small highly complex occupational therapy caseload. You will ensure the professional standards of care are maintained in your own occupational therapy caseload and that of those you lead, always demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values, and operating as a leader in the teams, services and organisation.

Candidates must hold a minimum 18 months post qualifying experience of occupational therapy delivery (at the point of application).

This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

The post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, permanent and the work base could be at any of our sites in the area of leadership.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy services across the designated service area. They will provide specialist advice to occupational therapy staff and other members of the multi-disciplinary team and wider.

The post holder will be responsible for receiving complex requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. You will use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.

You will participate in and provide clinical/professional and management supervision, contribute to multi-disciplinary team working, contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives, use the Trust electronic patient record system, abide by all Trust policies and procedures and be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

We are looking for an occupational therapy lead who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy.

The post holder will provide and lead the delivery of evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT pathway in their area of clinical responsibility.

Applicants must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.

The ability to engage and communicate with people with mental health issues, as well as the family/carers and system around them is essential. Applicants must be able to demonstrate significant experience in the delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this clinical area of occupational therapy delivery.

We are able to support the use of transferrable occupational therapy skills and experience from a range of clinical settings.

Clinical/professional supervision is provided by the Trust professional head of occupational therapy, and the postholder will be a core member of the Trust wide occupational therapy leadership group.

The post holder organises and leads an occupational therapy learning and governance networks for the staff they lead to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to wider OT service developments.

This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.