Job summary
As a Lead occupational therapist in TEWV you will provide clinical leadership and professional management for Occupational Therapy in the designated service area, managing a complex caseload independently, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, ensuring the highest professional standards of care are maintained and demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy services across the designated service area.
To provide specialist advice to occupational therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider.
To be responsible for receiving complex requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
To participate in and provide clinical/professional and management supervision
To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives
To use the Trust electronic patient record system
To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full-time Band 7 Lead Occupational Therapist to lead the North Yorkshire Adult Mental Health Occupational Therapy Service. The role covers urgent and planned care for the area. The post is a full time permanent post.
We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with working age people and their families.
You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in North Yorkshire, York & Selby in TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.
Date posted
11 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-NYA-046-25
Job locations
Any TEWV base in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
HG1 2PW
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
The post holder will provide and lead the delivery of evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway linked to Adult Mental Health.
All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.
The ability to engage and communicate with working age adults as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential. They must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.
Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the Trust Professional Head for OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.
Additional contact details :- Additional contact information :- Dr Stephanie Common, Associate Director of Therapies
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
1. Pre-registration qualification in occupational therapy (relevant professional field) as recognised by HCPC)
2. Registration with HCPC.
3. Evidence of post-registration master's level learning
4. Or in the absence of master's level learning - equivalent experience in relevant area. ., relevant level 7 courses, researcher role, quality improvement activity, leading service development, project management, strategic leadership, NICE involvement, service evaluation.
5. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 7 (SLT =8) for international recruit
6. And - Substantial clinical experience of complex occupational therapy delivery in relevant specialist area in collaboration with service users, families, and relevant others.
Desirable
7. Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team (SW essential criteria)
8. Complex clinical risk assessment and application in practice
Knowledge
Essential
9. Significant experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
10. Significant understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities or autism
Desirable
11. Substantial knowledge of evidence- based practice in occupational therapy