Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

· To work as an active member of the Potters Bar inpatient team which specialises in the treatment and management of patients with multiple conditions. To support the OT Lead in the development of the service to ensure integrated working with partnership organisations.
· To provide highly specialised assessment and treatment for patients with a variety of conditions, and to provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers and relatives and other non professionals.
· To provide a specialised resource for other Occupational Therapy staff and health care professionals across Hertfordshire., To provide clinical supervision and competency attainment for Band 6 OT and rehab assistants ensuring that they have an up to date Professional Development plan annually, through the Continuing Professional Development structure.
To be responsible for Occupational Therapy student clinical placements, and provide training, supervision and teaching as required.
To participate in the recruitment and selection process in conjunction with other senior staff.
Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
+ A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
+ Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
+ Flexible working options
+ Annual travel card loan
+ Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits