Senior Occupational Therapist

About

As a Senior Occupational Therapist within the Intensive Home Treatment Team, you will provide intensive assessments of occupational performance and deliver specialist interventions. The role uses a psychosocial model of care for adults with mental health and varying health needs, including behaviours that challenge, and works as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. Applicants must hold an appropriate occupational therapy qualification and current relevant professional registration, with at least 18 months’ post-qualifying occupational therapy delivery experience. Job grade: Band 6 Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum Terms of service: Permanent Reference: 346-TSA-159-26-A Duty station: Flatts lane Centre, Middlesbrough, TS6 0SZ, United Kingdom

How to apply

Apply online through the official advert page on NHS Jobs.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will be responsible for screening individuals open to the Intensive home treatment teams, before triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas.
• Ensure occupational therapy intervention is based on current riskassessment, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and whole system, support requirements, taking into account relevant physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, genetic, and environmental factors.
• Implementation of co-produced negotiated occupational goals and evaluation of these with service users and their families / carers collaboratively.
• Participate in clinical/professional and management supervision.
• Complete the Supervision of Band 5 Occupational Therapist across the 2 intensive home treatment teams in Teesside.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
• Contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives.
• Use the Trust electronic patient record system.
• Abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
• Be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification for occupational therapy role.
• Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body.
• Post graduate training in relevant specialist area.
• Minimum 18 months post qualifying experience of occupational therapy delivery at the point of application.
• Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism.
• Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team.
• Understanding of the needs of people who use our services with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
• Clinical risk assessment and application in practice.
• Knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area.
• Post graduate training in specialist area if applicable to post (e.g. dysphagia, autism diagnostics).
• Experience of managing complex occupational therapy cases.
• Applicants must have current UK professional registration.