Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead

We have an exciting opportunity for a B7 Occupational Therapy lead based within the Older People's Service in Tameside. This is a new role to the service & the successful candidate will be responsible for the recruitment of a new therapy team which will provide support to the Older People's inpatient wards & the wider community teams in conjunction with the Service Manager.

To take the lead in the development and management of the Occupational Therapy service within the Mental Health Service for Older People (MHSOP) using highly specialist clinical and managerial skills developed through experience and post graduate training, ensuringquality of service and compliance with the Trust's core values, standards and regulations.The post holder will work in partnership with Operational, and Team and Ward managers to support and develop the Occupational Therapy workforce, ensuring person centred, high quality, safe and effective OT service delivery across MHSOP in the borough., o To be part of the MHSOP management team, and be responsible for raising the Occupational Therapy profile, sustaining a strong Occupational Therapy identity within theServiceo To support the recruitment and retention of Occupational Therapy staff within MHSOPo To utilise skills for audit, policy, research and propose/ implement policy changes influencing service development.o To provide expert knowledge and support within the OT service to the wider team, taking the lead on defined projects.o To contribute to the overall management of the service and development of models of care.o Ensure clinical and managerial supervision is provided to Occupational Therapists in order to deliver a high standard of assessments and interventions.o To provide leadership and support others, including supervision and continuing professional development to other Occupational Therapists.o To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised assessments and interventionsusing evidenced based/client
centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.o To demonstrate high levels of initiative and take a proactive and organised approach to engage staff within service development activities.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.