Advanced Occupational TherapistNHS
Job summary
Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking to broaden your experience and take on a fresh challenge?
Working alongside well-established multidisciplinary teams--including AHPs, nursing, medical and adult social care colleagues --you will have the opportunity to further develop your leadership skills and gain valuable experience in service development. You will continue to deliver high-quality, person-centred Occupational Therapy to a complex, varied client group, making a meaningful difference to patient outcomes.
You will be well supported by experienced colleagues, with access to peer supervision, regular clinical supervision, and ongoing opportunities for CPD and networking supporting you to enhance your knowledge, skills, and confidence.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical expertise as part the Multi-disciplinary Team providing Occupational Therapy input into Assessment and Treatment Services.
To hold a clinical caseload and influence the Occupational Therapy service, delivery and development of the Occupational Therapy service. This includes the supervision of junior and support staff as relevant.
To lead on Occupational Therapy service developments in line with Trust priorities and timescales.
To provide leadership and clinical education for senior, junior and support staff, through supervision and day-to-day support.
Job description
- To provide a comprehensive service in the specialised area.
- To provide clinical expertise at an advanced level in the assessment, diagnosis andmanagement of highly complex clients.
- To provide specialist input to strategic planning, development, audit and evaluation of clinicalservices, protocols and policies within the specialised area.
- To ensure service provision in the specialised area is prioritised and service delivery is madeeffectively within resource constraints.
- To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessments, diagnosis andtreatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- To manage a caseload of clients (often varied and with highly complex needs), usingevidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To provide leadership and clinical education for senior, junior and support staff, throughsupervision and day-to-day support.
- To plan and implement training at a uni-disciplinary and multi professional level in order toenhance services within the specialism and ensure effective clinical practice.
- To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager.
- To regularly supervise undergraduate students on practice placement and participate inplacement experience of other professionals.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching topromote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holders have a valid driving licence and can meet the travel requirements of the posts.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.