Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

The Adult Learning Disability Team is excited to offer this opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Community Specialist Health Team to work alongside Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapist, Behaviour Therapist, Psychologists, LD Nurses  and Psychiatry.

This specialist service works with people with  a learning disability within their own homes and/ or day opportunities; working alongside families, carers and care providers.

The post holder will be required to travel to visits and clinic appointments as well as work across trust bases.

Main duties of the job

• 1.      To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local procedures. 2.     To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs. 3.     To demonstrate the ability to reflect on ethical issues and to provide guidance to junior staff as necessary. 4.     To ensure all standards, policies and procedures are adhered to by the service. 5.     To liaise closely with Senior Occupational Therapy staff on all matters relating the Occupational Therapy Service. 6.     To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal. 7.     To regularly be responsible for the supervision of student Occupational Therapists, Technical Instructors, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Basic Grade Occupational Therapists on rotation as delegated by senior staff. 8.     To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practise as a Senior OT. 9.     To demonstrate on-going personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be an active member of the Learning Disability Occupational Therapy Service and Community Learning Disability Team.  To provide a person-centred Occupational Therapy Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities.
• To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
• To provide leadership, supervision and day-to-day management for qualified staff and Technicians within the multi-disciplinary team.