Senior OT - Enhanced Support Team - Adult LD Service

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Enhanced Support Team alongside OT SLT and nursing colleagues. The role requires the post holder to visit patients with a learning disability in their homes and day opportunities,  working  with the wider team (Psychiatry Psychology and Assessment and Treatment Unit) to deliver care to prevent mental health  hospital admission and ensure patients can be supported in their home.

The post holder will be required to work alongside OT ,SLT and nursing  colleagues in  the Adult Learning Disability Team to provide an in-reach therapy programme to patients admitted to Byron Court (assessment and treatment unit) supporting the admission process, ongoing care plans during admissions as well as be an integral part of the discharge planning and ongoing community follow up.

The post holder will be required to work a shift pattern- 8am-4pm and 12-8pm. Working weekends and bank holidays  on a rotation (9am 5pm).

Main duties of the job

• 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, based on the direction given in "Building the Right Support" and identified local need.
• 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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