Senior Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 22 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: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Radlett, WD7 9HQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9367-24-0697 |
Summary
Duties and Responsibilities: -To assist the Inpatient team to work on barriers for discharge to ensure that Inpatients can be discharged according to their recovery and wellbeing. -To liaise closely with other agencies to ensure that all plans are in place for a planned discharge. -To liaise and work in close co-operation with the Team Leader, other mental health professionals, and voluntary and private sector agencies. -To have a comprehensive understanding and implementation of the referral pathways for HPFT services and those available from other agencies and providers. -To work closely with the bed management team and the inpatient occupational therapy team to support the discharge of patients who are delayed transfers of care. -To be able to respond in a creative, pro-active and flexible way to urgent situations, using local protocols in order to support discharge plans. -To manage a caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. - To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate - To regularly support staff to supervise OT students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Fieldwork Educators course. - To apply in depth knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and other standardised assessment approaches relevant to the clinical setting. For a more in-depth Job and Person specification please read the attached before applying