To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Integrated Community Team (ICT). To work with adults with physical disabilities, cognitive impairment, mental health issues and complex social and community needs, experiencing occupational performance difficulties within and around their home environment. To monitor, evaluate and modify goals/treatment using appropriate outcome measuresto ensure effectiveness of interventions. To be competent in environmental risk assessments and managing risk autonomouslywithin the home environment. To promote a positive risk-taking approach to facilitateretention of patient independence and well-being. To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload. This may involve complex decisionmaking regarding patients being safe to remain in their place of residence or requiringadmission to hospital. To assess patients capacity, gain valid informed consent to treatment and where suchcapacity is lacking/absent, to work within a legal framework to manage the patientappropriately. To provide spontaneous and planned advice and instruction to relatives, carers, otherdisciplines and agencies to promote understanding of the aims of occupational therapyfor each individual patient, and to ensure continuation of the individualised goal plan thathas been set in collaboration with the patient/family/carer. This will include moving andhandling advice and falls prevention. To attend and initiate multidisciplinary / multi agency team meetings and caseconferences to ensure the coordination of patient care. This will include review of patientprogress, setting of short and long-term goals, and discharge planning. To ensure all personal and team written and electronic documentation is kept up to date and accurate and handle records and all other information in accordance with professionalstandards, applicable legislation, protocols and guidelines; nationally. To work to Trust and Royal College of Occupational Therapy clinical guidelines and have a good working knowledge of relevant national standards to which quality of practice should be monitored. To identify and employ suitable verbal and non-verbal communication skills with patients, relatives and carers who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating for example, hearing loss, altered perception, expressive and receptivedysphasia, dementia, pain, fear or the inability to accept diagnosis (including theterminally ill patient). To engage the patient, and relatives/carers where appropriate, in the planning and agreement of goals to maximise rehabilitation potential. To assist the senior staff with the prioritisation and management of a designated departmental caseload, as well as with urgent referrals. To supervise, train, advise, support and manage occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, students and community care workers performance who report to the post-holder. To take responsibility for the appropriate selection, issue and education regarding the safe use of equipment to patients (following specialist assessment) To undertake specific tasks as designated by more senior staff and to delegate specific tasks or workload to unregistered staff. To participate in the trusts individual review process as an appraisee and appraiser, withresponsibility for clinical supervision (formally every 8 weeks as a minimum) for all staff that are line managed by the post holder. To maintain state registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC) and to provide evidence of that registration bi-annually upon request. To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through continuing professional development activities including reflective practice, review of relevant literature, participation in local in-service training programmes and peer review,maintenance of a personal portfolio and the attendance of relevant training courses as identified within a personal development plan. Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.