Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 0 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7SR |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6238925/311-F671-24 |
Summary
We are looking for enthusiastic and forward-thinking Occupational Therapists to join Rehabilitation and High Support services. Due to recent investment, we have two new posts: Clinical Lead OT for Rehabilitation Services (Inpatient) and Clinical Lead OT for Low Secure and PICU services. You will have leadership, clinical and managerial skills developed through experience and postgraduate training, providing expert knowledge and support to occupational therapy staff to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation and recovery pathways to service users with complex mental health conditions. You will work in partnership with clinical service managers, operational managers, senior OT staff and the Principal OT to ensure a consistent approach to the governance of occupational therapy practice across Rehabilitation and High Support services and the Trust.
Main duties and responsibilities
The successful candidate will be an experienced and confident practitioner with clinical experience in mental health, an ability to demonstrate high levels of initiative and an interest in further developing their leadership skills. The role will include
• Providing clinical and management supervision for occupational therapy staff
• Supporting continuing professional development for occupational therapy staff and occupational therapy learners (students and apprentices)
• Providing highly specialised assessments and interventions using evidenced based and person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• Advocating for occupational therapy’s role and contribution to Rehabilitation and High Support and Trust wide services.
• Supporting the recruitment and retention of occupational therapy staff.
• To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
• To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals.
• The post holder must ensure that their behaviour and interests inside and outside work do not conflict with their Trust position, duties and/or responsibilities.
• The post holder must comply with and support the development of the performance standards within the service/department to ensure the service is responsive to and meets the needs of its customers.
• The post holder will be required to develop and maintain good working relationships with all patients, service users, staff, contractors and where appropriate, members of the public.
• The Trust aims to maintain the good will and confidence of its own staff, patients, service users, NHS contractors and the general public.
• All post holders who are members of a professional body must comply with standards of professional practice / conduct.
• The post holder must carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
• The post holder must promote awareness of and respect for equality and diversity in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
To take the lead in the development and management of the Occupational Therapy service in Rehabilitation and High Support (RHS), using highly specialist clinical and managerial skills developed through experience and post graduate training, ensuring quality of service and compliance with the Trust’s core values, standards and regulations.
The post holder will work in partnership with occupational therapy staff, clinical service managers, operational managers, service users and carers to develop and support evidence based rehabilitation and recovery pathways for service users in RHS inpatient services. They will support the RHS occupational therapy workforce ensuring person centered, occupation focused, high quality, safe and effective OT service delivery across RHS inpatient services.
Please refer to Job description for main responsibilities.
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024