Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2024 |
| Location: | Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2JN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9380-24-0377 |
Summary
We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, co-ordinated CPD program including a robust supervision structure, action learning sets, communities of practice, and core competence training and an annual conference. Staff are valued for their expertise in occupationally focused interventions and specialist group therapy. Opportunities to undertake further development such as enhance practitioner apprenticeships, and other leadership programs and apprenticeships. JOB PURPOSE: The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi disciplinary care team. To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service. To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice. To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students. KEY RESULT AREAS: 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 initiative.