Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.

To attend multi-disciplinary meetings/ case conferences/CPA reviews for individuals on their caseload

To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients mental health care, where appropriate.

To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of occupational therapists in the team is of the highest standard of clinical care.

To manage referrals and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.

To communicate and liaise with others to ensure appropriate assessments, interventions and reviews are in place.

Work with individuals to assess their physical and mental health needs, identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them and/or their care givers to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour to support community living or facilitate discharge.

Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk to support community living or facilitate discharge.

To carry an OT specific caseload.

To work as part of a multidisciplinary team taking part in the duty rota where this is in place.

To assess carers and familys needs and signpost or refer them to the relevant support.

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.

To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making where required with other teams within LPFT and external.

To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.

To adhere to HCPC code of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.

To attend and actively contribute to LPFT CPD events.

To link in with other OTs within the adult community division to ensure OT pathways and are in place.

To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines (for example N.I.C.E.)

To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.

To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision( both management and clinical) , personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.

To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Adult Eating Disorders Team Co-ordinator.

To act as lead professionals within the team.

Provide management supervision to other team members as required including professional supervision to band 5 OTs within the adult community division

To participate in student education for both occupational therapy and other disciplines.

Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff to create networks that improve patient care. Participate in audit ,research and development as necessary to the service

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Currently an Occupational Therapist
• HCPC registered
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
• APPLE/ L'APPLE or equivalent placement practice educator accreditation

Desirable

• Training in AMPS
• Management and leadership training
• Membership of relevant special interest groups

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs and skills that are transferable.
• Experience of managing clinical risk and making autonomous decisions based on analysis of complex presenting problems.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs
• Experience/knowledge of using Model Of Human Occupation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Holly Lodge

9 The Meadows, Lincoln Lane

Skegness

PE25 2JA

Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)