Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS Jobs; Town of Cambridge; Sur place; AUD 61 000 - 99 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to deliver specialist assessments and interventions across county settings. You will work autonomously with patients with diverse psycho-social, physical and emotional needs, underpinned by established models of practice.

You will provide leadership to junior staff, supervise OT students, and collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary team to meet service demands while upholding HCPC standards and

Qualifications

• Autonomy in clinical decision making.
• Strong clinical reasoning for complex cases.
• Ability to provide supervision to SHOs and OTAs.

Responsabilités

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
• Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions with patients to achieve goals.
• Work with MDT to ensure high standard of care.
• Maintain HCPC/COT standards and professional accountability.

Connaissances

Autonomy

Clinical reasoning

Supervision

Formation

HCPC registered

Description du poste

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities The post holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of Recovery. The post holder will maintain standards of occupational therapy practice as directed by the Trust AHP lead and in accordance with HCPC and COT standard. The post holder will use specialist skills and specialist clinical reasoning to manage patients with complex needs, working with a high degree of autonomy and referring to senior staff when necessary. The post holder will plan and implement individual and/or group interventions working collaboratively with patients, to enable them to achieve their goals. Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible as an autonomous practitioner and to undertake a significant clinical workload, providing care to patients with a range of psycho-social, physical and emotional problems. The post holder will promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture, physical health and age. The post holder will promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidenced based practice. The post holder will work collaboratively with all disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to assure a high standard of care for service users and their relatives/carers. The post holder will provide leadership to junior occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistants within area of specialism and designated work area, through professional supervision and appraisal. The post holder will undertake the supervision of occupational therapy students on practice placements. DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust