Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS Jobs; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to balance competing demands and promote occupational engagement. You will assess service users, interpret information and formulate intervention plans, working with service users, staff and carers to maximise outcomes.

The role requires clinical leadership, delivery of quality improvement initiatives in line with NICE guidance, and a full UK driving licence with access to a car for business use.

Qualifications

• Must hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle for business use

Responsibilities

• Balance competing demands and promote occupational therapy within the service.
• Assess service users and interpret information to form a precise formulation of function, strengths and needs.
• Collaborate with service users, staff and carers to identify goals and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan to maximise occupational engagement and performance.
• Monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions to measure progress and improve outcomes for service users.
• Provide clinical leadership and contribute to approved quality improvement initiatives in line with NICE guidance.

Job description

Balancing all aspects of the job role. Being flexible and responsive to competing demands. Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice. Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice. To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs. To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence. To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience. To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust