Occupational Therapist Specialist Practitioner
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job summary
Main duties of the job
* To hold a caseload of clients with complex mental health needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
* To provide leadership for occupational therapy staff, occupational therapy support workers and activity coordinators, through regular supervision and appraisal.
* To contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of the occupational therapy service, holding responsibility for defined service projects, working under the direction of the Occupational Therapy Team Manager.
* To regularly supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement and take part in yearly practice educator updates.
Job responsibilities
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence