Senior Occupational Therapist

Just OT; England; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Senior Occupational Therapist for a permanent role in Hitchin, specializing in brain injury rehabilitation. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team, managing complex cases and leading OT provision. This position offers an excellent salary and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Excellent Salary

Fantastic Opportunity

Support

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC Registered and have relevant experience in occupational therapy.
• Experience in managing complex mental/physical health needs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously in neurological rehabilitation and manage a caseload of complex service users.
• Develop care programs and evaluate treatments based on evidence-based practices.

Skills

Neurological rehabilitation

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Education

Occupational Therapist qualifications

HCPC Registration

Job description

Our client has a Senior Occupational Therapist permanent vacancy to work in their brain injury unit in Hitchin as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing occupational therapy within the BIRT Neurobehavioral model to service users with acquired brain injury (ABI) and leading OT provision within the service. The successful candidate will liaise with internal and external professionals, family members, and service users.

Senior Occupational Therapist - Permanent

Location: Hitchin

Salary: GBP46,148 - GBP52,809 per annum DOE

Hours: Full Time

Client Group: Brain Injury

Sponsorship: Available

Job Role:

1. Work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional with highly developed skills in neurological rehabilitation. May be the sole clinician with supervision (which may be remote) of a more senior OT. Accept professional accountability and responsibility.
2. Manage and prioritize a caseload of service users with complex mental/physical health needs and challenging behaviors.
3. Complete the OT process, using evidence-based, service user-centered principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate treatment plans, implement, and evaluate interventions, especially in complex cases.
4. Address occupational performance and skill deficits to enable service users in self-maintenance, productivity, education, and leisure activities.
5. Develop care programs, ensure detailed handovers to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor progress through data gathering, and evaluate and modify treatments to measure effectiveness within the neurobehavioral model.
6. Delegate tasks appropriately based on colleagues' competence, and oversee handover, monitoring, and review processes.
7. Use highly developed interpersonal skills and empathy to engage resistant or distressed service users and families.
8. Carry out detailed risk assessments, especially for complex issues, and ensure these are regularly reviewed and communicated effectively with the team.
9. Apply critical thinking skills for professional judgments and communicate these effectively, particularly in complex or unpredictable situations.
10. Support the clinical lead for some service users by maintaining contact with families and outside agencies, coordinating rehabilitation programs, and facilitating discharge planning.
11. Assess, issue, and refer to outside agencies for appropriate equipment, ensuring staff, service user, and family training, with all risk assessments in place.
12. Manage a designated workload, prioritize tasks, and manage time and resources efficiently.
13. Monitor the performance and practice of self and others, report issues, and act as a role model, ensuring quality in delegated tasks or supervisory relationships.

Qualifications:

• Occupational Therapist qualifications
• HCPC Registered
• Relevant Experience

Client Offers:

• Excellent Salary
• Fantastic Opportunity
• Support

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