Senior Occupational Therapist

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Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health illness to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Job Advert Location Description

Mildmay Oaks is a low secure and locked rehabilitation service for men and women with learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder (some with a forensic history) who are supported in wards or single person Bespoke Therapeutic Placements.

Job Advert Role Description

Main Purpose
To support patients using evidence based and patient centred principles. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions which provide patients with the confidence, skills and coping strategies required to live as independently as possible.

Quality

1. Manages and co-ordinates the implementation of evidence based occupational therapy assessment and treatment interventions ensuring effective application and delivery to a diverse patient group.

2. Receives and responds promptly to referrals undertaking patient assessments to identify and prioritise patient needs before planning and delivering the appropriate and relevant interventions either on an individual or group basis. Maintains accurate and timely records
detailing each patients rehabilitation / progress.

3. Ensures the effective and efficient management of more junior staff.

4. Maintains and develops close working relationships with professional and clinical colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring clinical practice is in line with Priory policies and procedures and complies with statutory regulations and quality standards.

5. Contributes to business growth by actively promoting priory therapy services in line with the local units' business plan.

6. Maintains effective communication links with patients, relatives, carers, and purchasers throughout the patient's rehabilitation.

Division DBS info

About us

From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.

The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group.

As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer.

No agencies please

If you forward any CV's to the Priory Group and you are not on the Priory Group PSL and have not been asked to work on the above role we will accept the CV as a gift.

Job Description

Healthcare_Occupational_Therapist.pdf

Closing Date

30/11/2024