Occupational Therapist SpecialistNHS

Job summary

Why might this job interest you? As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for contributing to the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within your designated team, including leading specific service development projects.

Main duties of the job

You will be managing service improvements and supporting the ongoing development and maintenance of the Trusts Occupational Therapy Service. You will be responsible for providing leadership through staff supervision, training, appraisal and service development initiatives, as well as supervising and line managing junior staff and supporting occupational therapy students throughout their practice placements.

Job description

Responsibilities of this job role

• To review and prioritise referrals for occupational therapy input, determining the suitability and urgency of requests for service users with complex mental health and learning disability needs, while ensuring clinical decisions reflect presenting difficulties and individual circumstances.
• To establish occupational performance goals collaboratively with service users and incorporate these into their wider care plans, drawing on specialist mental health and learning disability assessment tools alongside standardised and non-standardised methods to identify functional strengths and limitations.
• To deliver tailored therapeutic programmes through individual and group sessions, using graded activities and meaningful occupations to develop daily living skills, encourage vocational engagement and leisure participation, and promote the use of appropriate community resources.
• To undertake regular clinical reviews to measure service user progress, interpret assessment findings and adjust therapeutic approaches in response to changing needs, while identifying potential risks and applying appropriate risk management measures across different care environments.
• To utilise advanced clinical reasoning to address the functional impact of disability, advising service users on lifestyle modifications and practical adaptations to their home, social and physical environments to enhance occupational performance and support greater participation in everyday life.
• To coordinate individual discharge arrangements by liaising with relevant agencies and community-based services, facilitating appropriate onward support and continuity of care, while providing independent clinical opinions when requested to inform complex case discussions and treatment-related decisions.

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