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, ensuring quality 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.,

• To be part of the MHSOP management team, and be responsible for raising the Occupational Therapy profile, sustaining a strong Occupational Therapy identity within the Service
• To support the recruitment and retention of Occupational Therapy staff within MHSOP
• To utilise skills for audit, policy, research and propose/ implement policy changes influencing service development.
• To provide expert knowledge and support within the OT service to the wider team, taking the lead on defined projects.
• To contribute to the overall management of the service and development of models of care.
• Ensure clinical and managerial supervision is provided to Occupational Therapists in order to deliver a high standard of assessments and interventions.
• To provide leadership and support others, including supervision and continuing professional development to other Occupational Therapists.
• To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised assessments and interventions
using evidenced based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To demonstrate high levels of initiative and take a proactive and organised approach to engage staff within service development activities., To deliver a highly specialist clinical service using a wide range of Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention methods for older patients with complex mental health conditions utilising a range of assessment tools.
• To plan and implement client centred treatment programmes and interventions using specialist clinical skills to achieve therapeutic targets.
• To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic treatment across the Trust foot print MHSOP in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness.
• The ensure Occupational Therapy specialist reports are of a high standard detailing assessment, treatment outcomes and recommendations.
• To take the lead in the planning, development and evaluation of a consistent Occupational Therapy service within MHSOP, conducting clinical audits and research,
demonstrating the effectiveness and value of the service Trust wide.
• Demonstrate awareness of national and local legislation, service and organisational standards, and leading on internal and external clinical governance processes within area of responsibility pertaining to Occupational Therapy.
• To implement and apply up-to-date specialist knowledge and techniques in accordance with evidence based practice.
• To communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively with multiple agencies, professionals and other staff in other agencies to ensure the delivery of high quality, coordinated and client-centred care.
• To be a role model of professional behaviour and practice.
• To provide leadership to Occupational Therapy staff within MHSOP in a visible manner ensuring that Occupational Therapists are supported.
• To assist in maintaining an effective supervision framework, taking responsibility for managerial support for staff as delegated.
• To apply specialist skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practice, ensuring requirements from regulatory bodies are met.
• To demonstrate on going personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, ensuring outcomes are recorded and reflected upon in a continuing professional development portfolio.
• To provide expert knowledge and support within the service, taking the lead on defined projects.
This job description is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form. Disclosure Barring Certificate check All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge). An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary. If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary. We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff). Other important information + We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring. + Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status + This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs + You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview + We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe + If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post + If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application + We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received + Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges. + We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.

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