Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Adult Autism Services

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to lead adult autism services, overseeing OT provision within the autism acute support team and community service. You will deliver high-quality care as part of a multidisciplinary team and work to strengthen clinical governance and service development.

The role includes managing a complex caseload with risk considerations and ensuring practice remains evidence-based and compliant with professional guidelines.

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with experience in adult autism services.
• Experience leading a multidisciplinary team and coordinating care.
• Clinical supervision provided by Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical provision of OT services within Autism acute and community teams.
• Manage a complex caseload with risk management and crisis planning.
• Ensure evidence-based practice and compliance with professional guidance.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autism expertise

Occupational therapy

Job description

Join our innovative and passionate Occupational Therapy team and make a real difference in the lives of adults with autism.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to further develop their leadership and specialist clinical skills within a supportive service.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to lead our adult autism services. You will lead the clinical provision of occupational therapy services within the autism acute support team and community autism service. You will be delivering high quality care as part of multi-disciplinary services.

As part of the wider directorate you will have opportunities to link with other occupational therapists with clinical supervision provided from the Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist.

• To actively support the Directorate Occupational Therapy Lead in the overall development of the OT service within the ALD Directorate to demonstrate the effectiveness of providing high-quality assessment and intervention to adults with Autism.
• To manage a complex clinical caseload, including positive risk taking and managing high risk/ crisis.
• To be responsible for ensuring clinical provision in the Adult Autism services is evidence based and is compliant with professional guidance.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorian Mead Job title: Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: [e-mail]