Clinical Specialist/Team Lead Occupational Therapist

1 month ago


Newport, Newport, United Kingdom Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Specialist/Team Lead Occupational Therapist to join our team on the Isle of Wight. As a key member of our Community Rehabilitation team, you will be responsible for leading and developing Occupational Therapists across the service to deliver the Island's rehabilitation strategy.

Main Responsibilities
  • Manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence-based and person-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
  • Provide and develop an Occupational Therapy service to a specific area and contribute to related policies.
  • Act as a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Team Lead within this area and the Community Rehab Occupational Therapy Service.
  • Provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal within a designated area/team.
  • Lead clinical audits and undertake research.
About Us

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specializing in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services. We are committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, while placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavors.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated, and accessible organization. Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training, and partnership working.

Requirements
  • OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEGREE/DIPLOMA.
  • HCPC REGISTRATION.
  • Evidence of CPD including postgraduate rehabilitation focus and neurological courses, reflective practice, IST, and experiential learning.
  • Experience of working as part of an OT team/multidisciplinary team. Team management experience.
  • Extensive postgraduate general rehabilitation and neurological knowledge and experience, normal movement courses.
  • Experience of working as a clinical lead.
  • Experience of student and staff clinical education.
  • Evidence of implementation of service developments.
  • Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession, able to lead a team professionally and clinically.
  • NHS or equivalent clinical experience.
Additional Criteria
  • Current driving license.
  • To be able to demonstrate the physical ability for assessment and treatment of patients within this speciality client group with multiple and varied disabilities and illnesses, including working with multiple adaptive moving and handling devices.
  • To be able to demonstrate a variety of highly developed advanced Occupational Therapy techniques and therapeutic handling and observational skills.
  • Be physically fit and able to comply with Trust Manual Handling Guidelines.


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