Senior Occupational Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bourne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust seeks a senior occupational therapist to lead clinical practice within a skilled multi-disciplinary team. You will manage complex caseloads, develop occupational formulations and deliver recovery-focused interventions in a supportive environment.

The role includes supervision of junior staff and students, leading approved quality improvement projects and promoting occupational therapy across the service.

Qualifications

• Recognised occupational therapy professional qualification.
• HCPC registration.
• Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business use (unless disabled).

Responsibilities

• Provide OT contribution within a multi-disciplinary service aligned to service user needs.
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for identified service users.
• Manage a defined caseload using recovery-focused practice.
• Supervise junior staff and students.
• Analyse assessment information to formulate function, strengths and needs.
• Collaborate with service users and carers to set goals and plans balancing risk, choice and independence.
• Monitor and modify interventions to improve outcomes.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership and promote best practice per NICE and standards.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives and service developments.

Skills

Teamwork and autonomous work

Inter-professional decision-making

Prioritisation and guidance

Supervisory and appraisal skills

Education

HCOT recognised OT qualification

Job description

This senior post places an experienced occupational therapist within the multi-disciplinary care team at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. The core of the work is managing a caseload of people with complex needs, forming occupational formulations, and planning, delivering and adjusting recovery-focused interventions. The role also carries clinical leadership, including supervising junior staff and students and leading approved quality improvement projects. HCPC registration is required, along with a full UK driving licence and access to a car for business use.

What the job involves

• Provide the occupational therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service, in line with service user needs and service requirements
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users
• Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs, using evidence-based, recovery-focused practice
• Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs
• Supervise designated junior staff and students
• Analyse assessment information to form a formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs
• Work with service users, staff and carers to agree goals and deliver intervention or recovery plans that balance risk, choice and independence
• Monitor, evaluate and modify interventions to measure progress and improve outcomes
• Act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards, at an increasingly complex level
• Demonstrate clinical leadership through dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives
• Promote occupational therapy in the service and keep an occupational focus at the centre of practice
• Balance competing demands and remain flexible and responsive

Qualifications

• Recognised occupational therapy professional qualification

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively in an inter-professional team
• Ability to prioritise own work and guide others
• Supervisory and appraisal skills

Checks & eligibility

• Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a car for business use, unless disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010

Nice to have

• Knowledge of relevant OT theoretical models and approaches for the service user group
• Experience in clinical practice across a range of settings
• Involvement in service developments or audits
• Ability to use Teams, email, BI, RIO and internet resources
• Experience of supervising OT students, junior staff and group supervision
• Understanding of national and local healthcare policy and its implications for clinical practice
• Experience of using outcome measures and data to demonstrate efficacy to an MDT

What’s offered

• Opportunity to work autonomously and advocate for the profession
• Opportunity to develop own specialist skill set