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Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 30 July 2025
The Adult Learning Disability Team is excited to offer this opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Community Specialist Health Team to work alongside Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapist, Behaviour Therapist, Psychologists, LD Nurses and Psychiatry.
This specialist service works with people with a learning disability within their own homes and/ or day opportunities; working alongside families, carers and care providers.
The post holder will be required to travel to visits and clinic appointments as well as work across trust bases.
Main duties of the job
1. To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local procedures.
2. To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
3. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on ethical issues and to provide guidance to junior staff as necessary.
4. To ensure all standards, policies and procedures are adhered to by the service.
5. To liaise closely with Senior Occupational Therapy staff on all matters relating the Occupational Therapy Service.
6. To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
7. To regularly be responsible for the supervision of student Occupational Therapists, Technical Instructors, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Basic Grade Occupational Therapists on rotation as delegated by senior staff.
8. To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practise as a Senior OT.
9. To demonstrate on-going personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Job responsibilities
* To be an active member of the Learning Disability Occupational Therapy Service and Community Learning Disability Team. To provide a person-centred Occupational Therapy Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities.
* To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
* To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
* To provide leadership, supervision and day-to-day management for qualified staff and Technicians within the multi-disciplinary team.
Person Specification
Education
* Bsc OT or DipCOT
* State Registration with HPC.
* Fieldwork Educators qualification within 12 months of appointment.
* Documented evidence of continuing professional development
* Post Grad training in Posture Management, Positive Behaviour Management, Sensory Integration or Model of Creative Ability.
Knowledge
* Broad knowledge of current best practice in OT and mental health/learning disabilities.
* Advanced/working knowledge of pathology and occupation in its widest sense, e.g. Mental Health, musculoskeletal, neurological, sensory impairment, the impact of the aging process on function.
* Planning and co-ordination of treatment packages
* Risk assessment particularly and safeguarding process.
* Working knowledge of the prescription of aids and adaptations to independent living.
* Specialist assessments. Model of Creative Ability.
* Working knowledge of positive behaviour
Skills and Experience
* Post registration experience as an Occupational Therapist. Supervision, advice and support of junior staff and/or students
* Community experience or working within mental health or learning disabilities, or social services provision
* Working knowledge of other specialist techniques. Manual Handling assessments
* Utilisation of appropriate assessment techniques to assess individual's abilities in relation to their desired goals in everyday activities including mobility.
* Apply a variety of treatment modalities in group and one to one format.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
Personal Qualities
* Strong service user orientation
* Able to cope with change
* Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice
* Willingness to work flexibly.
* Membership of Professional Body
Additional Qualities
* Current driving licence
* Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc.
* Evidence of a planned approach to work/home life balance.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum plus HCA
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