Clinical Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £40,701.00 to £48,054.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40701.00 - £48054.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 7AF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-24-0664 |
Summary
To manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques To work with service users in a variety of settings to provide the most effective assessment & interventions To plan and implement service users led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals To ensure service users health, social, cultural, and spiritual needs are always considered To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for offenders with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and identify outcomes To plan and deliver services within the Care Programme Approach framework To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions To identify appropriate and inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload To manage effective discharge ensuring service users and all relevant agencies are given relevant information To contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards To actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation To participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area To raise awareness of the OT service within own clinical area To participate in the development of the OT service within own clinical area To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a Band 6 OT To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust To contribute to CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities To maintain and update a CPD portfolio