Occupational Therapist Clinical Specialist
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,742.00 to £50,056.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43742.00 - £50056.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF14DG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9377-ATS6049 |
Summary
Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care. Ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management. Accept sole clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. Undertake the specialist and comprehensive assessment of patients referred from primary or secondary care, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and using analytical skills Formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range of advanced treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care in conjunction with the patient and carers. Plan a care programme for individual patients in conjunction with other professional staff within the multidisciplinary team (MDT). Provide specialist clinical expertise to colleagues within the team and referrers to the service. Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation and explanation to encourage patients to undertake their treatment programme. Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills to gain informed consent with patients where there will often be barriers to effective communication e.g. loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive or receptive dysphasia, pain, fear. Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who may lack capacity to consent to treatment. Please ensure you read through the attached job description for a comprehensive list of duties.