Occupational Therapist

Job overview

At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, we believe in providing excellent care which is delivered with pride and compassion. Everything we do is to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all.

To manage a caseload of clients with eating disorders and complex needs, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To provide leadership for students and / or junior staff, through supervision and appraisal. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT / MDT services, holding responsibility for defined projects. To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.

Main duties of the job

To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.

To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To work with service users in a way which actively promotes their social inclusion and recovery.

To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to / implement  core decisions with regards to service users care programmes

To demonstrate the ability to / undertake to initiate, plan and implement the induction, training and education of students and other staff

To actively participate in and be responsible for relevant planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within service area and corporate OT as required.

Co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff, Technical Instructors and volunteer staff where applicable.

To engage in and develop or broaden research skills through involvement in local audit and research projects.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.

To manage a caseload as agreed with Head OT / Team Lead Ward Manager and Lead Occupational Therapist

To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the service users physical and social environment as needed.

To work with service users in a way which actively promotes their social inclusion and recovery.

To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary

To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to / implement  core decisions with regards to service users care programmes

To undertake the professional supervision and appraisal of junior staff as delegated by a senior member of staff

To demonstrate the ability to / undertake to initiate, plan and implement the induction, training and education of students and other staff

To actively participate in and be responsible for relevant planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within service area and corporate OT as required.

Co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff, Technical Instructors and volunteer staff where applicable.

To engage in and develop or broaden research skills through involvement in local audit and research projects.