Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
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Job overview
A rare opportunity to join the Coventry & Rugby Community Learning Disability Team as a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist has arisen.
The team is passionate about providing an excellent service for Adults with a Learning Disabilities, and needs the skills you can bring as an Occupational Therapist.
The role of the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist will work as part of an experienced and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team providing occupational therapy assessment and treatment to a range of adults with a Learning Disability across Coventry & Rugby.
Main duties of the job
The role requires a competent Occupational Therapist, who is confident in their ability to carry a clinical caseload of complex clients with learning disabilities whilst offering clinical leadership, supervision and support to more junior members of the Occupational Therapy team alongside the community team manager.
- To provide specialist services to adults with a learning disability, through a process of Person-Centred Care, that is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of the individual and their family/carers. Identified needs will be assessed, treatment implemented and evaluated in partnership with Service Users as well as family/carers.
- To lead and develop OTs across the service promoting Best Practice, providing training and clinical leadership.
- To manage a caseload of patients with a range of needs, using evidence based/person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To communicate information and advice to service users and their carers
- To provide and develop an Occupational Therapy service to those with a Learning Disability
- To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal within a designated area/team
- To lead clinical audits and undertake research
- To provide risk assessment and promote safe working practices for staff and patients in line with trust policies
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main responsibilities of the post:
- To carry a clinical caseload of complex clients with learning disabilities.
- To interpret referrals, conduct initial interviews; assess the strengths and limitations of the client.
- To plan and implement appropriate treatment plans involving patients/clients/relatives/carers and multidisciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Treatment may be delivered in a variety of community settings.
- To provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Therapist within the LD team in specific community localities and ensure the teams objectives are in line with the overall objectives of the Community LD Team. To ensure that the Occupational Therapy processes are standardised across teams.
- To coordinate the delivery of Occupational Therapy within locality team services and provide clinical and case management supervision to more junior members of the team in conjunction with other senior colleagues.
- To advise the management and professional leadership team of specific Occupational Therapy training/requirements for the OT staff with the team.
- To ensure timely and accurate data entry to demonstrate improving data quality on the electronic system.
- To professionally conduct yourself to ensure that you are an ambassador for the service that you work within and the Trust as a whole
- The post holder is required to remain eligible for State Registration through participation in appraisal, clinical supervision and Continuous Professional Development.
- Through highly specialist clinical reasoning and practical application determine specific occupational performance need of the service user
- Advanced knowledge of a wide range of conditions under the umbrella of learning disability and other associated comorbid conditions.
- To utilise a comprehensive range of evidenced based specialist assessments and treatment to service users
- To be an integral part in the provision of an effective and high quality Community Learning Disability Team
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- PgD, BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy
- Significant post graduate experience in Learning Disabilities
- Current Registration with Health and Care Professions Council without restriction
- Training in Sensory Integration Therapy (or be prepared to undertake this)
other
Essential criteria- Member of College of Occupational Therapists.
- Member of relevant Special Interest Groups
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- An understanding of the specific contribution of Occupational Therapists in Learning Disability Services
- Ability to demonstrate team building, leadership and organisational skills
- Demonstrates an understanding and ability to practice in a person centred way
- Knowledge in developing specialist clinical interventions within the Learning Disability services.
Experience
Essential criteria- Evidence of effective caseload management.
- Experience of supervising registered and/or non-registered staff.
- Experience of involvement in service evaluation and audit.
- Experience of delivering and receiving clinical supervision.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
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