Practice Development Occupational Therapist
The post holder will work within the Occupational Therapy (OT) teams in WCH to support the continuous professional development, education and progression of OT staff. They will identify learning needs, plan and implement any training required and continuously evaluate staff competence ensuring that development is aligned to and informs local and national priorities.
The practice development OT will to drive developments in OT practice to improve safe patient care, support education, training and development strategies through the delivery of relevant programmes across the hospital, support induction, preceptorship and guidance for individuals who require performance related assistance. They will also to be responsible for supporting changes in practice based on evidence, research, audit findings and best practice, which improve and impact positively on patient outcomes and key performance indicators.
Main duties of the job
- Lead development of clinical OT practice at WCH, providing supervision aligned with patient needs.
- Support staff competency through training, guidance, and objective setting individually and in groups.
- Ensure high-quality learning and development opportunities for all clinical staff, promoting safe and effective patient care.
- Identify themes from the Integrated Discharge Hub (IDH) to inform staff learning and development.
- Develop and implement the OT practice development framework and strategy, coordinating training, meetings, and working groups with therapy leads.
- Support OT and MDT Quality Improvement (QI) projects to enhance patient care and service delivery.
- Promote high standards of care by demonstrating clinical expertise and fostering professional development.
- Manage a comprehensive OT training program to improve patient outcomes and staff retention.
- Provide specialist advice, teaching, and training to MDT and multi-agency colleagues, challenging or adapting treatment plans when necessary.
- Apply clinical governance and risk management principles; act as a trained risk assessor.
- Participate in seven-day service delivery as part of the rota.
Qualifications
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational therapy
- HCPC registration
- Supervision Training or equivalent experience
- Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy
- Post graduate formal qualification relevant to clinical speciality (clinical supervision/ practice development)
Experience
- Experience of managing and providing clinical supervision to staff, students and assistants and developing their practice
- Implementing service improvement plans and participation in change projects.
- Provision of teaching and learning of staff, students and support worker
- Recent extensive acute clinical experience in a variety of specialties
- Evidence of conducting training sessions in a range of settings and specialties.
- Experience in recruitment of staff
- Mentoring and coaching of staff, students
- Implementing OT/AHP career development framework into practice
Knowledge
- Knowledge of different learning styles
- Facilitating Effective Learning Environments
- Designs multi-sensory training materials and interactive learning activities
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings.
- Ability to work collaboratively with system partners to remove barriers to effective discharge.
- Leadership skills, relationship building skills and influencing skills
- Strong digital skills, including confidence in using digital tools and platforms to support communication, learning, service delivery, and/or data management.
Other
- Able to work with multi disciplinary collegues from a range of back ground, both, internal and external to the organization
- Leads by example promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity and to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving clinical practice and the quality of services
- Experience in presenting to a wider audience locally or nationally
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.
