Senior Occupational Therapist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• BSc degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of continuous professional and personal development relevant to rotations
• Wide ranging experience including musculoskeletal outpatients, adult/older people's rehabilitation, community rehabilitation and neurology placements.
• Registration with the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of leadership courses/training
• Training on effective appraisal

Desirable criteria

• Registration with a special interest group relevant to the rotations

Experience

Essential criteria

• Effective occupational therapy skills to be able to assess, goal set, treat and manage rehabilitation patients particularly within a multi-disciplinary team
• Problem solving approach to clinical interventions
• Community experience
• Relevant post-qualification experience in acute clinical area(s)
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience in teaching and supporting staff
• Working knowledge of National policies and procedures across health and social care and its implementation or application

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of NHS structure
• Quality and performance management experience
• Mentorship, student supervisor qualification

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills and flexible working practice
• Ability to work autonomously, set priorities and be confident in decision making
• Ability to interpret National regulations for data protection and record keeping and to develop local systems to ensure these are maintained

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and the NSF's relevant to area of practice

Key Attributes

Essential criteria

• Interest in working in outpatients, wards, and community settings
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

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)

"We work Flexibly"

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description & specifications (PDF, 768.3KB)
• CLCH Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)