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Advanced Occupational Therapist - Acute Neurology
| Posting date: | 10 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L12 2AP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9411-24-0497 |
Summary
Please see full attached job description and person spec for full details. To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of caseload. To ensure a high standard of clinical care (for the patients under your management) to maximise function and independence. To have responsibility for the delivery and co-ordination of high-quality Occupational Therapy to children with a range of conditions and presentations within the clinical speciality. To carry out assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with highly complex presentations, where expert opinion may differ, using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence based practice and expertise to determine appropriate care plans utilising highly specialist treatment skills and a wide range of treatment options. To contribute to accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive management plans, guided by clearly defined principles or occupational policies. To refer to other healthcare professionals and agencies as appropriate as part of the overall management of the child to ensure holistic care. To hold an independent, complex, and highly specialist caseload, being able to highly demonstrate specialist assessment, diagnostic, treatment, and management plans with goals based on advanced clinical reasoning skills. To provide specialist assessment and intervention across the identified speciality, delivering holistic assessment of the childs needs and providing treatment programmes to meet the childs rehabilitation needs. To plan and implement highly individualised therapy programmes to be carried out by the therapist, Assistant, Educational Staff and Carers. To continually monitor, evaluate and modify the programmes to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention for children with changing needs. Manages own caseload and is responsible for the delivery of therapeutic intervention within the defined areas of the service. To organise this caseload effectively and efficiently regarding clinical priorities, time management, and staffing levels. To gain valid informed consent in accordance with trust policy and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment. To provide highly specialist advice to colleagues working within other clinical areas. To manage clinical risk within own caseload and to contribute to that of designated team at all times. To participate in weekend, evening and on call working as required, working as an autonomous practitioner undertaking the assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients, who may have highly complex presentations. Be expected to participate in on-call update training and clinical competence.