Senior Occupational Therapist

• To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
• To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
• To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
• To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
• Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously.
• Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs.

Desirable

• Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
• Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
• Experience of being involved in service developments or audits

Essential

• Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
• Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others

Essential

• Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team
• Supervisory and appraisal skills
• Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others

Desirable

• An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice
• Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Teams and RIO, and to access Internet resources
• Experience of use of outcome measures and data to demonstrate efficacy to an MDT