Lead Occupational Therapist

1 month ago


Potters Bar, United Kingdom Elysium Healthcare Full time

Job summary

As the Lead Occupational Therapist, you will be managing and leading the Occupational Therapy Service across the CAMHS and Adult services, usingevidence based and patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, which provide patients with the confidence, skills and coping strategies required for independent living.

You will report directly to the Therapy Lead, with the opportunity to work autonomously in your running of the OT department. Given the complexity of the CAMHS cases it is expected that the majority of your direct clinical work will be on the CAMHS wards, and you will be an internal care coordinator to some of the families.

You will be responsible for managing and co-ordinating the implementationof individual treatment plans for occupational therapy services ensuring treatments, activities and interventions are delivered through effective application and communication by the Occupational Therapists.

You will need to be confident in the application of your OT skills and knowledge but also highly adaptable, and able to tailor your intervention to the needs of our service users. The young people on the CAMHS wards in particular, often have highly complex backgrounds with co-morbid presentations, and have experienced a number of unsuccessful interventions, and often a number of previous inpatient admissions. You will need to be patient, sensitive and determined to engage them in therapy.

Main duties of the job

As a Lead Occupational Therapist, you will be:

Receiving and responding promptly to referrals, undertaking patient assessments to identify and prioritise patient needs before planning and delivering the appropriate and relevant interventions either on an individual or group basis. Working to develop living skills, rehabilitation, and educational opportunities/therapies under the strategic direction of the Therapy Lead and other members of the Senior Management Team. Ensuring the effective and efficient management of Occupational Therapists , Occupational Therapist Assistants and students. Planning and implementing individual and group interventions collaboratively with Service users.

About us

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each persons individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Lead Occupational Therapist, you will be:

Receiving and responding promptly to referrals, undertaking patient assessments to identify and prioritise patient needs before planning and delivering the appropriate and relevant interventions either on an individual or group basis. Working to develop living skills, rehabilitation, and educational opportunities/therapies under the strategic direction of the Therapy Lead and other members of the Senior Management Team. Ensuring the effective and efficient management of Occupational Therapists , Occupational Therapist Assistants and students. Planning and implementing individual and group interventions collaboratively with Service users. Person Specification

Experience

Essential

To be successful in this role, you'll need: To be qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist At least 3 years post qualifying experience. Substantial experience of working within Mental Health, preferably with both CAMHS and Adult experience Substantial experience of inpatient work.

Qualifications

Essential

To be successful in this role, you'll need: To be qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist At least 3 years post qualifying experience. Substantial experience of working within Mental Health, preferably with both CAMHS and Adult experience Substantial experience of inpatient work.

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