Principal Occupational Therapist

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the Job:

To assist the ASC Senior Management Team to lead practice development within the teams and provide practice guidance to all Therapists across ASC and associated integrated professions. To be an expert in the field of Occupational Therapy and act as specialist support for staff across ASC.

To take a lead role in one or more specialist therapy areas for health and social care across the wider adult social care service promoting prevention, personalisation and integration with health.

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapy qualification at degree level and current
• HCPC social work registration.
• Aptitude and intellectual curiosity for further study at postgraduate
• level

Experience

Essential

• Significant occupational therapy experience in community
• settings working complex and/or specialist areas.
• Highly skilled in occupational therapy with individuals, groups,
• statutory agencies and communities
• Experience of supervising, coaching or mentoring other
• therapists and associated staff/professionals.
• Post-qualification CPD in occupational therapy practice and/or
• training and leading others
• Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills
• Ability to employ own knowledge, experience, practice skills,
• networks and values to create a rich and inspirational learning
• experience
• Confidence in critically and constructively reflecting on others
• therapy practice
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and policy, with the ability to
• apply this knowledge to practice
• Experience of managing resources including staff management
• and financial budget management.
• Awareness of theories, models of intervention and research
• activity that underpin best practice in occupational therapy.
• Excellent analytical, influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• IT literacy

Skills

Essential

• Initiative: the ability to demonstrate initiative, engage others and
• enable them to achieve their goals.
• Adaptability: resilience and flexibility in changing circumstances
• with the ability to work under pressure and deal with uncertain or
• unexpected outcomes. Managing workplace stress, an organised
• work style and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines.
• Motivation: a personal commitment to improving peoples lives
• through improved wellbeing, with an understanding of the positive
• impact of social work working with the person to achieve their
• outcome.
• Relationship building: Empathy and respect for all individuals,
• with the ability to build relationships and understand peoples
• motives and perspectives.
• Problem-solving: The ability to objectively analyse situations,
• using evidence and clear judgement to generate effective
• solutions.
• Self-awareness: The ability to understand, and reflect critically on,
• both your own personal development and how your actions affect
• others.
• Communication: The ability to collaborate with and influence a
• wide range of people, in person and through written
• communication.
• Highly motivated and robust under pressure. Able to bring energy,
• vitality and challenge to the adults service as a whole

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).