Occupational Therapist Clinical Specialist

Job summary

Main duties of the job

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of Service Users in your care.
• Ensure a high standard of clinical care for the Service Users under your management.
• Accept sole clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of Service Users, and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• Allocate caseloads to all other staff ensure the complexity of the Service Users condition is reflected by the competencies of the staff member.
• Undertake the specialist and needs lead assessment of Service Users referred to the team, including those with a complex medical conditions that could be life limiting and progressive, using investigative and analytical skills.
• Formulate individualised Care Plans and recommendations for major works to their home, using clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range of Adaptations and specialist equipment solutions including the option of rehousing to a more appropriate in conjunction with the service users and their carers.
• Take lead responsibility for cases which involve liaising with other professional staff within the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Social Care, Education and Housing.
• Provide specialist clinical expertise around adaptations, building and specialist equipment to colleagues within the team and the wider social care, health, housing and private sector.

Job responsibilities

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.