Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Senior Occupational therapist

Band 6

We are looking for a keen OT to join our Acute Therapy Team. The team consists of Occupational Therapy,  Speech and Language Therapy and  Physiotherapy staff.

There are  6 monthly  rotations through  medicine, elderly care, surgery and orthopaedics providing a wide variety of experience within the acute wards. Caseload in a particular area for assessing after acute illness or injury and planning and supporting discharge.

Supervision and support is provided by the Band 7 Occupational therapist.

Main duties of the job

• To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision, competencies and appraisal
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the trust Therapy service
• To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on practice placements
• To participate in the rotations as assigned by your manager

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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