Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary

The Dementia Team support those affected by dementia in Shropshire and Telford from diagnosis, through the rest of their journey.Occupational Therapy is an integral part of each element of this service. We are well respected and valued by colleagues, but most importantly with the patients and families whom we support.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the team on a FTC until the end of May 25 working 19 hours per week

You will be providing specialist assessments to support diagnosis, identify sensory issues; assess functioning; identify solutions to expressions of unmet need; work closely with family and carers. You will work creatively with an evidenced based practice.

You will provide specialist Occupational Therapy Assessments and interventions, as well as offering specialist consultative knowledge and support to the MDT. You will be able to take responsibility for your own caseload of service users and occasional care coordination. There will be balance between generic and profession specific work, including a team duty role.

You will be liaising with various stakeholders both written and verbally. This role with require you to create new and imaginative ways of communication.Your role will involve working closely with other agencies, families, carers and local communities.

You will be able to function autonomously in multidisciplinary teams, with supervision from the Clinical Lead and support from specialist Occupational Therapists as well as the wider team.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure the delivery of high quality care through the Dementia Service and demonstrate high personal standards in clinical practice.
• To ensure care is provided in line with the National Dementia Strategy and associated NICE Guidance, and RCOT Care Cluster guidance including other relevant local and national documentation.
• Responsible for prioritising workload, allocation of work to oneself and other staff, and to cover all levels of priority of work within the service.
• Undertake screening assessment of referrals, in line with the Service Specification, to identify if referrals are appropriate and to make clinical judgements backed up by clinical reasoning and recommendations regarding appropriate actions/sign posting in consultation with multi-disciplinary staff.
• See service users in a variety of locations as appropriate, to carry out specialist assessments (within service specification) to identify mental health needs and if indicated develop an agreed action plan of care.
• Ensure where appropriate robust risk assessments and risk management plans are undertaken and that positive risk taking is practiced where appropriate to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
• Deliver a range of non-pharmacological interventions following specific occupational therapy assessments to enable understanding of any expression of an unmet need and to maximise an individuals' abilities.
• Where appropriate, to care manage/care co-ordinate.
• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans (Care Programme Approach and Single Assessment Process).
• Attend team meetings as appropriate to facilitate a safe and timely discharge.
• Knowledge of national, regional and local drivers underpinning service delivery including the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 (revised 2007) regulations including Mental Capacity Act (2005), RCOT Mental Health Strategy and RCOT Care Cluster Guidelines.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

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Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications