The role of the Senior Occupational Therapist is to provide, develop and deliver a specialised and skilled level of Occupational Therapy intervention to each service within the rotation. To participate in the Band 6 Rotation Scheme within Acute Occupational Therapy, Orthopedic Therapy and Front Door Services. Each rotation will be for 9 months. During one of your rotations, you will have the opportunity to spend part of your time working on the Critical Care Unit. To be aware of the total therapy needs of the team, the changing demands and act in consultation with the Team Leaders to fulfil these needs. To be able to be proactive at delivering therapeutic interventions within a timely manner to enable patients to maintain their independence, identifying when patients would benefit from further rehabilitation and support services and to refer on to other services appropriately. To provide clinical leadership and specialist advice, through the supervision, coaching and education, for less experienced occupational therapists, rehabilitation assistants, students, support workers and other members of the interdisciplinary team. To participate in the band 6 rotation Scheme. To assist with the continuous service development of the therapy services to provide high quality care and timely intervention. To hold responsibility for own case load, working without direct supervision. To manage complex diverse cases which may include medical, neurological, traumatic brain injury, surgical, orthopedic, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric conditions. The staff member will be required to work their contracted hours over 7 days a week. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To chair Team meetings, planning staffing and workloads. Monitor and manage annual leave or sickness ensuring adequate cover as required by the team you are working in. To work within a framework of local, national and Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) delivered standards and evaluate quality of practice, this may include undertaking evidence-based audit, satisfaction surveys, recording statistics and service change. To actively participate in the Clinical Governance agenda of the team you are working in. To maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each specialist area, developing knowledge of particular conditions and patient types. Please see Job Description for full details of this role.