Senior Occupational Therapist 2

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assess, develop interventions and monitor needs for a range of highly complex conditions within a specialist area. This includes specialist evaluation, diagnostic services, advice and training to clients, families and other professional staff on the management of physical and mental illness, injury or disability, prevention of deformity and deterioration, management of a client's environmental factors, vocational and educational opportunities and leisure activities.

2. Undertake the role of care co-ordinator within a health and social services context, encompassing all required to assess for long term care benefit, and negotiate specialist care packages including budgeting.

3. Share, interpret, implement and practice Government and National policies, standards and guidelines within specialist area to ensure that work is conducted in accordance with organization/service policies and within health and safety regulations.

4. Receive direct referrals from a range of clinical services and the general public, diagnosing and screening clients to identify how they may benefit from OT intervention, and providing subsequent comprehensive, holistic assessment using a variety of specialist clinical skills and individual intervention including prescription of Rehabilitation programmes and therapeutic activities in order to promote maximum independence of the client.

5. Independently manages cases/key working of disabled individuals and offers support to carers to promote effective outcomes that are met consistent with the client's needs, and to refer to other agencies as required, with guidance from Senior 1 Occupational Therapists as required.

6. Delivers professional evaluation, consultation, advice and training to clients, carers and relatives, other professional staff within the hospital and community, education and the voluntary sector as appropriate, in the use of specialised aids, assistive technology, adaptive bespoke equipment and major housing adaptations.

7. Maintain appropriate and timely client records of assessment, intervention and progress to monitor effectiveness of intervention, to facilitate treatment planning and long-term client management and to support the ongoing evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the service to inform departmental planning purposes.

8. Develop & deliver service specific training programmes, including supporting the training of Health and Social care and Occupational Therapy students and support staff. Provide Occupational Therapy information and advice to professional qualified and unqualified staff, voluntary organisations and family carers in order to improve the understanding of client need and promote effective management of the client's condition to minimize the impact on quality of life.

9. Act as a mentor and provide regular clinical supervision to OT staff. Advise and support health and social care colleagues, trainees and support staff to ensure they are supported to deliver their roles to the best of their abilities and to continuing professional development.

10. Support the appraisal of the service's performance, identifying unmet needs, implementing the use of outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and interpreting and actioning developments in Occupational Therapy practice in order to make recommendations and contribute to organisational changes to improve the service.

11. Identify necessary major adaptations required for client's homes and schools to facilitate function, access and mobility, working with third party providers to develop detailed building specifications for the specific requirements of the clients concerned and working closely with clients, architects, builders and Community and Government Departments to effect changes.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in the application assessments and interventions relevant to the client group.
• Post qualification experience including working within a range of specialised clinical environments, as part of a clinical rotation.
• Experience of reviewing, reflecting and critically appraising own practice and performance through CPD and supervision
• appraisals that are in line with national and local guidelines.
• Experience of working autonomously, setting priorities,
• working under pressure and actively managing OT clinical risk
• where appropriate, with minimal supervision from Senior 1 OT.

Desirable

• Experience of providing supervision for junior staff, i.e.
• OTA/OTSW, and students.
• Monitoring their caseloads and providing necessary teaching
• and education.

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy Current registration with the
• Health & Care Professions Council
• Registered as an Occupational Therapist under the Health Care
• (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in supervision.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Health and Community Services

Address

Government Of Jersey

Union Street

St. Helier

Jersey

JE2 3DN

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)