The successful candidate will:
Responsibilities
* Have the opportunity to hold a complex clinical caseload, as well as provide leadership for a team of therapists and therapy assistants with the support of the Lead OT.
* Develop leadership skills as well as specialist clinical skills (such as Sensory Integration, depending on interest).
* Join the existing Head OT in the CRHTT and form part of the wider Head OT team across Crisis and Acute services.
* Be an integral part of the team to take the various quality improvements forward.
* Develop and establish the OT pathway and interventions across the teams.
* To regularly support staff to supervise OT students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Fieldwork Educator's course.
* To manage a small caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
* To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate.
Benefits
* Leadership and management training opportunities.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays – pro rata.
* One of the UK's best pension schemes.
* Comprehensive health and wellbeing services.
* Special leave for family and personal reasons.
* NHS Car Lease Scheme.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
Qualifications
* BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration
* Evidence of clinical post registration training
* Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
* Practice Placement qualification/APPLE accreditation, Membership of RCOT, including specialist section
* First line management training
* Solution Focussed Brief Therapy training
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
* AMPS/ESI/SI training, Post registration experience in acute mental health
* Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
* Highly specialist knowledge and experience of using and applying the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area
* Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
* Documented evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
* Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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