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Senior Occupational Therapist - Springbank Ward
| Posting date: | 18 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: | 02 October 2024 |
| Location: | Fulbourn, CB21 5EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-24-1268 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities * Informal discussions are welcome ahead of application* - To provide operational management for in-reach occupational therapy service. - To provide specialist advice and operational support (including recruitment) around the development of the ward based occupational therapy roles. - To apply an expert level of understanding of occupation to the development of the ward based occupational therapy roles. - To promote meaningful occupation within all aspects of ward routine and service delivery to support recovery, resilience & self management. - To take an active role in the development of a refreshed occupational therapy pathway within in-patient areas, harnessing new ways of working for occupational therapists. - To provide professional leadership for the in-reach & ward based occupational therapy services, ensuring that high quality practice is delivered that produces meaningful and demonstrable outcomes, based on best evidence. - To contribute to the setting of quality standards and the delivery of an evaluation of the ward based occupational therapy roles. - To provide leadership for occupational therapy staff within in-patient areas, and a positive role model around new ways of working and professional relationships. - To recognise the value in the full range of professional perspectives, and to be able to integrate these perspectives into own and others practice (this may include psychological & nursing approaches to strengthen the multi-disciplinary ethos within in-patient areas). - To work in partnership with nursing leadership, based on the principles of collective & collaborative leadership, to strengthen the multi-disciplinary ethos within in-patient areas - To provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessments, advice and interventions using advanced, clinical reasoning skills. - To work as an autonomous practitioner. - To keep the person receiving services at the centre of care, using shared decision making principles. - To provide specialist advice to professionals and managers, including in relation to professional governance. - To provide leadership to ward based occupational therapy staff to support the development of their generic and specialist skills, in keeping with professional & regulatory standards. - To provide support and education to non-registered staff and students. - To provide a high standard of occupational therapy within in-patient services. - To promote the expansion of occupational therapy roles and perspectives, and raise awareness of the relationship between occupation and health, demonstrating value for money and the avoidance/reduction of in-patient care (based on recovery principles) where possible.