Principal Occupational Therapist/Forensic AHP Lead
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Principal Occupational Therapist/Forensic AHP Lead
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Are you an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a dynamic Principal / Professional Lead OT to join our Forensic Division and help shape the future of occupational therapy within secure and community forensic services.
What Youll Do
Lead and develop a small team of OTs, AHPs and support staff across inpatient and community forensic services
Provide expert clinical input, managing a specialist caseload of patients with complex needs
Contribute to the strategic direction and service development of AHPs in the Forensic Division
Support and inspire colleagues through supervision, training, and professional leadership
Drive quality improvement, audit and research initiatives to ensure evidence-based, patient-centred care
What Were Looking For
A registered OT with the HCPC, educated to Masters level (or equivalent)
Proven leadership and management experience in clinical mental health and learning disabilities services
Highly developed specialist knowledge in occupational therapy practice, ideally within forensic or mental health settings
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams
A passion for innovation, service development and delivering the highest quality care
Experience in forensic settings is not necessary as full training and induction is provided
If you're ready to take this opportunity, call us today!
The role of Principal OT in the Forensic Division will:
Manage and professionally lead a small group of OTs, other AHPs and associated staff in the inpatient service
Professionally lead the OTs in the Community Forensic services
Be responsible for the clinical strategic direction for AHPs in the Forensic Division
Participate in the Trust Manager On-Call rota
Clinical delivery of OT to inpatient cohort
Caseload of patients for clinical OT
Core Functions
Accountable for the high-quality therapy services to patients/ service users
Responsible for management issues within the service/area ensuring appropriate systems for the regular structured clinical supervision, Appraisals and management processes of qualified and unqualified therapy and other designated staff.
To work in partnership with operational managers, professional lead and other colleagues
To continue to demonstrate advanced clinical and management skills in practice and provide support and advice re. service development, delivery and co-ordination of the highest quality care in collaboration with service users, carers, staff, managers, other agencies, appropriate to the service area
To lead clinical audits and undertake research
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support youll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised, but which still meet the needs of the service.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors youll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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See attached job description and person specification for full details.
Educated to masters Level or Masters level/Post Graduate modules plus relevant knowledge/ Clinical/Leadership experience
To be registered with the HCPC and relevant specialist RCOT section
Management/ leadership qualification or equivalent relevant significant knowledge/experience i.e., successful management of budgets, people, projects.
Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by evidence, theory and experience
Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers, local and regional and their application to clinical and service areas
Evidence of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
Basic IT skills with working knowledge of IT systems relevant to service area
Evidence of management, leadership and organisational development issues that have had a positive impact on service delivery
Experience of successful policy implementation and change
Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change, that impacts beyond own area of work
Member of organisational group/network, locally or nationally
Further managerial training
Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information; agreement or co-operation required developed
Guided by principles and broad occupational policies/need to establish interpretation
Works within wide range of codes of practice and professional guidelines/interprets national professional policies specialist area
Communicates specialist condition-related information to patients/service-users, carers and other health professionals; may be significant barriers to acceptance or understanding
Good time & project management skills
Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
Sound experience/knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
Day to day management; responsible for specialist training/responsible for teaching or devising of training and development programmes
Plan and organise complex activities requiring formulation, adjustment
Organises provision of specialist Occupational Therapy service
Authorised signatory for small/large amounts; hold delegated budget signs e.g. expense forms or time-sheets for large amounts; responsible for e.g. training budget, specialist service budget
Propose policy or service changes, impact beyond own area / responsible for policy development for own area
Implements and suggests changes to policies and protocols relating to delivery of occupational therapy/ develops and implements policies and protocols related to specialist area
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