Trust Wide Professional Lead Of Occupational Therapy

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a highly experienced and competent occupational therapist & will be expected to:

Be accountable for the delivery of a high quality, safe and efficient occupational therapy service across the divisions

Provide compassionate and collective leadership to the occupation therapy service, across all the divisions in the Trust

Ensure that the occupational therapy assessment, formulations and interventions are evidence based, outcome measured and evaluated so that people who access services and their carers are provided with high quality services, adapting this to meet the changing needs of the population

Provide highly developed specialist professional advice, guidance and consultation for people who have complex occupational needs, working alongside the lead occupational therapist for that speciality, which will contribute to the persons formulation and intervention plan

Ensure that there are clear occupational therapy pathways for each division within the organisation, which are in line with the Trusts clinical strategy, and the local and national agenda

Share best practice and embed learning into service delivery to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to occupational therapy service provision, across the multiple sites in each division, ensuring that there is parity and timely access

Ensure that the necessary systems, protocols and policies for the delivery of a safe & supportive service are in place, understood & adhered to throughout the professional group

Lead and inspire staff to provide a pro-active and responsive high-quality service, contributing to ongoing audit, evaluation and service development

Lead on complex audits of occupational therapy interventions to improve practice and service delivery across the divisions.

Analysis, interpret and compare highly complex factors in a range of situations relevant to occupational therapy, where there may be conflicting opinions.

Keep up to date with and contribute to the latest research and practice developments relevant to occupational therapy in mental health and learning disability, and encouraging a research culture throughout the occupational therapy service

Understand and interpret the national picture in relation to health and social care policies and agendas. Implement and suggest changes to policies and protocols at a local level and within specialist areas

Champion and lead on transformation work, service development and clinical initiatives related to this role to enable the services to deliver high quality interventions

Maintain an effective and supportive supervision structure ensuring arrangements are in place for all occupational therapy staff to receive regular supervision, appraisal and have their personal development plans and training needs identified and where possible met

Provide professional supervision to the lead and highly specialist occupational therapist across the organisation, along with supervision for occupational therapists within services that do not have a lead occupational therapist attached to them

Provide professional advice, guidance and work alongside service managers, clinical leads and Human Resources regarding performance management issues of occupational therapists across the divisions, liaising with HCPC as required

Lead on the recruitment of the lead and highly specialist occupational therapists across the divisions, and provide guidance and address recruitment/workforce issues related to occupational therapy across the services/divisions

To monitor spend within the occupational therapy workforce to ensure effective use of resources and feedback report to steer spending trends at a higher level

Identify clinical and workforce risks within the occupational therapy service, escalating as required, developing and implementing plans to manage identified risks

Identify the continuing professional development needs of the occupational therapy service, delivering relevant training, to ensure the workforce have the skills to deliver effective and safe interventions

Understand the health, well-being, equally and diversity needs of the workforce and promote a culture of compassion, resilience and enable people to speak up and share challenges

Chair the Lead Occupational Therapy meeting to ensure there is a coherent, effective and efficient approach to the delivery of the occupational therapy service across divisions

Develop strong connections and work alongside the Associate Director for Therapies in each division and the Director of Therapies, along with supporting partnership working with other organisations

Contribute to the wider vision for the AHP workforce, by working collaboratively with other AHP and professional leads within Surrey Heartlands and nationally, contributing to national strategies.

Enhance the national profile of the SABP occupational therapy service so that the Trust is seen as a great place to work

Represent the occupational therapy service at both Trust-wide and national meetings, communicating effectively the unique contribution of this profession and how this meets the population health needs

Contribute to service redesigns and Trust bids for new services by effectively communicating the occupational therapy offer and workforce requirements

Communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and highly contentious information to a range of different stalk holder where there could be significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills.

Ensure the availability of high quality student practice placements and Return to Practice placement in liaison with the AHP Education Manager, making connections with local universities and attending appropriate events

Promote the profession to the next generation though ensuring that occupational therapy is represented at careers fairs and providing work experience placements

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Bsc (Hons) degree in occupational therapy or equivalent
• Leadership training
• Clinical supervision training
• Degree supplemented by further training, short specialist courses
• Extensive post-qualification experience of working as an occupational therapist in a wide variety of clinical settings
• Demonstrates a highly developed specialist and advanced knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, occupational science and interventions
• Extensive experience of supervising staff, appraisals and addressing performance management issues
• Previous clinical/professional leadership experience
• Experience of leading service transformation and service development
• Experience of delivering highly specialist evidence based and outcome measured interventions across a range of services
• Experience of delivering a range CPD opportunities to the professional
• Experience of cross divisional working
• Experience of partnership working across organisations
• Experience and ability to work autonomously and flexibly across multiple sites
• Car driver and access to a car for work
• Effective IT skills

Desirable

• Previous experience of implementing national strategies at a local level
• Previous experience of representing occupational therapy at a national level

Additional

Essential

• Experience of audits and research to improve practice

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

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Headquarters: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

18 Mole Business Park, Randalls Road,

Randalls Road,

KT22 7AD

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)