This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join Thornford Park Hospital, a low/medium secure, rehabilitation, PICU service. You will be instrumental in promoting health and independence by delivering high-quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions, along with providing clinical leadership, supervision, and consultation to the wider multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for communicating effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, and stakeholders, providing compassionate and effective leadership to junior staff, ensuring the delivery of occupational therapy student placements, and supporting the completion of appraisals/personal development plans with junior staff. You will also be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols, and care pathways.
Job responsibilities
Your responsibilities as an Occupational Therapist will include:
* Communicating effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporter/family members, stakeholders and agencies
* Providing compassionate and effective leadership to junior staff including support staff and assistants
* Ensuring the delivery of occupational therapy student placements
* Supporting the completion of appraisals/personal development plans with junior staff
* To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways
To be a Successful Occupational Therapist you will need:
* Occupational Therapy profession qualification
* Extensive and relevant post qualification clinical experience with individuals who have complex needs
* Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
* Demonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills
* Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
What you will get:
* Annual salary of £41,108
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
* Free meals and parking
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
* Pension contribution to secure your future.
* Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
* Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.
Where you will be working:
You will work at Thornford Park which is a combination of medium secure and low secure units and rehabilitation flats. The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.
You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/ complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You will need an Occupational Therapy profession qualification, extensive and relevant post-qualification clinical experience with individuals who have complex needs, extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches, demonstrated evidence of highly effective clinical reasoning skills, and highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models.
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.
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