About the role
Salary: £39959.00 to £48117.00
The post holder will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work,
including the management of service users in own care. The post holder will perform advanced
occupational therapy assessment, providing a clinical diagnosis, to service users who have
diverse presentations, complex physical and psychological conditions. The post holder will
develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
The post holder will use evidence-based practice, Occupational Therapy goals and patient
centered principles, without direct supervision. The post holder will provide leadership to others
through supervision and appraisal.
Provide high quality Occupational Therapy clinical expertise and service.
Responsible for the delivery a range of evidence-based interventions which promote
recovery, social inclusion and normalisation for service users.
Manage challenging clinical situations and plan interventions whilst ensuring regular
evaluation of the service users care plan.
Critically evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions, in collaboration with service
users, carers and other professionals.
Provide specialist clinical advice and contribute to clinical information on service users
progress by attending meetings and ward rounds.
Work in partnership with a range of other services to provide support and treatment to
service users to facilitate the safe management of their needs.
Work within the safeguarding adults and childrens frameworks across the Trust.
Take responsibility for an evidence-based clinical audit.
Clinical Skills
Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work.
Manage, plan and implement comprehensive specialist occupational therapy (OT)
assessments of service users offering a range of interventions, including diverse or
complex presentations/multi pathologies.
Use developed clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an
accurate diagnosis of their condition.
Provide interventions in settings which best reflects service and service user needs.
Devise effective and outcome-based care
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