Senior Occupational Therapist

To provide and coordinate a high standard of care to the patients within the Adult Mental Health Acute Care Service. Act as a lead practitioner to ensure that the care of patients is of the highest quality. The post holder is responsible for co-ordinating and administering assessments of care needs, the development of treatment programmes and the implementation and evaluation of these programmes within a multidisciplinary team. Support the Team Manager in the management of staff, meeting quality standards, implementing policy, managing change and delivering innovation. Delegate work to staff and be the responsible clinician that ensures care requirements are implemented satisfactorily. Formulate and deliver treatment packages utilising a wide range of therapeutic approaches and interventions. To meet functional, occupational & environmental needs in negotiation with the Service User and in liaison with Care Navigator, Carers and relevant others. Support recovery, social inclusion, maintenance or development of roles and responsibilities within the domains of self-care productivity or leisure. Promote and maximise potential for independence. Carry out holistic assessments, individual or group interventions in the most appropriate environmental setting e.g. hospital, community, home and workplace to facilitate seam-less continuation of care. Work within the occupational therapy process utilising Model of Human Occupation and other specialist standardised assessments. Maintain Professional Occupational Therapy and AHP links. Attend and contribute to governance meetings and formal clinical review as required. The Covid-19 vaccination remains the best line of defence against Covid-19 to protect individuals, colleagues, patients, and communities, and the Trust encourages staff to take up the offer of being fully vaccinated. Please note all staff members who are working in healthcare premises, working with patients/service users and/or undertaking patient/service user visits will be required to take a twice weekly Lateral Flow Test, and to produce evidence of their negative test result on request. If you have any concerns about whether this affects your eligibility to undertake a role with the Trust, you may wish to contact the recruiting manager to discuss this further. Staff are able to order LFT kits through the Government website free of charge. Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.