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Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Critical Care
| Posting date: | 24 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £61,927.00 to £68,676.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61927.00 - £68676.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE5 9RS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9213-24-1002 |
Summary
Job Description and Main Responsibilities: CLINICAL To organise and manage the specialist provision of occupational therapy critical care services and rehabilitation to patients To work at an advanced clinical level within critical care, particularly in the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex patients To use analytical and judgement skills to diagnose occupational difficulties (physical, cognitive, perceptual and emotive impact on functional performance), understand complex situations and formulate appropriate solutions To develop programmes of care to meet the highly specialist and complex needs of patients that includes meeting the needs of patients and their extended support system. This practice should be evidence based and be in accordance with current research To manage a clinical caseload to a high standard, including assessment, interventions and discharge planning. To carry out this care in accordance with research findings and evidence based practice To plan and co-ordinate complex multi-disciplinary activities e.g. case conferences; discharge planning and other keyworker activities To work within local policies and procedures, national standards and guidelines and adhere to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy professional standards and ethics To fulfil requirement to exert moderate physical effort to provide manual physical therapy within occupational therapy practice. To be able to manoeuvre patients and specialist equipment safely and effectively To supervise, train and provide day-to-day management to occupational therapists and assistants To provide advice/support to occupational therapy colleagues on clinical practice issues and service development initiatives To propose and action changes, develop, organise and manage critical care occupational therapy services To consult with occupational therapists within the trust and external to the trust regarding critical care occupational therapy To work across disciplines and services to develop protocols and procedures To liaise with the service manager, therapy lead and critical care consultants to agree protocols/care pathways for the assessment and management of patients To work with the head/ deputy head of occupational therapy and service managers, therapy leads and consultants to develop a service for patients with complex presentations To liaise with consultants and managers regarding service developments and changes in practice. COMMUNICATION To establish robust communication networks with patients, carers, multidisciplinary members and other agencies. To ensure a quality service for patients by maintaining a high standard in relation to communication with patients, liaison with referrers and other team members, and documentation of intervention To promote awareness of the role of occupational therapy within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained across the critical care occupational therapy service in accordance with professional and trust standards and provide reports relevant to practice setting To write good quality occupational therapy functional and discharge reports for social services, onward inpatient services and community services To represent occupational therapy at ward, departmental and service level meetings, including delegation for the clinical lead occupational therapist To provide and receive complex, diagnosis related information (including providing information regarding rehabilitation prospects that may be unwelcome) to patients and their social environment that may involve empathetic, re-assurance, persuasion and negotiation skills. Barriers to understanding may be present. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION To keep comprehensive records of activity in accordance with local and national requirements Ensure ongoing evaluation of the service provided against agreed outcomes To provide occupational therapy input to service planning, developments and operational management, as required To provide input into clinical governance, risk management and quality programmes To ensure management across critical care of student placement offers and individually supervise and complete yearly appraisal with staff and/or students To be aware of the importance of staff wellbeing, accessing trust support as required and raising any concerns To evaluate the service requirements for occupational therapy input in order to maximise the potential for rehabilitation Attend and contribute to relevant critical care service and occupational therapy department meetings To be actively engaged in relevant professional networks To develop and implement relevant policies for own area and propose changes that applies to rest of department to occupational therapy in liaison with other clinical leads and head/ deputy head of occupational therapy To be aware of, interpret for specialist area and implement codes of practice, local and national guidelines To be responsible for the safe use of equipment and be responsible for encouraging the team reporting of defective equipment Responsible for maintaining stock control systems Authorised signatory for small petty cash payments, social services small equipment (up to value of £300) and locum timesheets To be actively involved in recruitment of new staff To abide by clinical governance agenda and responsible for appropriate risk management TRAINING, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Prepare and participate in lectures, seminars, specialist training programmes and demonstrations to occupational therapists and members of other disciplines both within and external to the trust To provide practical training and clinical supervision within discipline to students on clinical placement and staff within the service To participate in the occupational therapy preceptorship provision within the trust and encourage participation by the team To take responsibility for keeping own specialist knowledge up to date and maintaining evidence based clinical expertise, acting as a resource in this clinical area To participate in and develop as appropriate occupational therapy or multidisciplinary research, and actively participate in any evaluation or research projects within the unit as appropriate and as agreed To undertake clinical audit and service evaluation both within the trust and on a national level, taking the lead role where appropriate General The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post. To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations. To live and role model the Kings Trust Values and Vision. To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff. To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder. All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. Safe Guarding The Trust takes the issues of Safeguarding Children, Adults and addressing Domestic Abuse very seriously. All employees have a responsibilityto support the organisation in our duties by; attending mandatory training on safeguarding children and adults familiarising themselves with the Trust's processes for reporting concerns reportingany safeguarding child or adult concerns appropriately Infection Control Statement The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene procedures and requirements when in clinical areas. The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.