Job Overview

Occupational Therapist Senior II Rotation

For an informal discussion, please contact Moira Dick @ M.Dick@health.gov.je

Job Purpose

• To manage defined caseload

• To provide Occupational Therapy that is evidence based and follows client-centred principles. This will include assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the outcome of interventions, documenting all stages of the process.

• Interventions may be carried out in hospital, community settings or during home visits.

• To develop skills and knowledge through participation in the Preceptorship Programme and other post-graduate opportunities.

• To participate effectively as a full member of the multidisciplinary team.

• To contribute to the education of occupational therapy students

Job Specific Outcomes

• To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team establishing effective relationships with colleagues to benefit the treatment of clients in each setting. This will include contributing to decision making about client care programmes.

• To provide support, advice and education to relatives and carers of clients.

• To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and the Personal Development Review process.

• To maintain a professional portfolio for continuing professional development in accordance with Health Professions Council Standards of Practice that records learning outcomes through work activities and participation in internal and external development opportunities.

• To participate in the delivery of service improvement plans for occupational therapy HCS wide.

• In consultation with users, carers and clinical team to plan and provide appropriate therapy services for clients referred.

• To work in accordance to clearly defined local and Royal College of Occupational therapy policies and procedures and those applicable to clinical services in Jersey.

• To plan, evaluate and audit practice, clinical pathways and protocols in conjunction with senior staff and as required by the service and Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

• To respond promptly to referrals according to clinical area referral priorities and procedures.

• To use a recovery-based approach and be socially inclusive in practice.

• To liaise closely with other disciplines and agencies to ensure clients on-going and additional needs are met.

• To transfer knowledge and experience of physical health problems and their treatments into the mental health setting and vice versa

• To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone's business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.

• To contribute to the induction, training and education of occupational therapy students, staff, volunteers, and visitors as required.

• To actively participate in a Personal Development review (appraisal) and the development and implementation of a personal development plan.

• To take responsibility for their own professional development ensuring professional standards are maintained and statutory and mandatory training is in date.

• To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone’s business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.

• To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with the HCS’s Safeguarding Adults Policy and the Child Protection Policy and interagency safeguarding procedures.

• All staff are required to work in accordance with their professional group’s code of conduct (Royal College of Occupational Therapy). This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.

Person specification

• To adopt a flexible approach to the work setting, and to prioritise tasks when there are competing demands from staff and clients.

• To act independently and use own initiative in order to manage workload within appropriate professional guidelines, making use of regular supervision from your line manager/ Senior Occupational Therapist.

Qualifications

Professional Qualification (Degree or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy

Professional Registration to HCPC

RCOT membership

Knowledge

- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession

- Awareness of assessing/ managing/ preventing risk in the working environment

- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application

- Familiarity with practice standards and Code of Conduct of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists & HCPC standards

- Specialist knowledge of OT assessment and intervention, relevant to client group

- Comprehension and ability to work within organisational policies and to meet the diverse needs of patients

Technical Work Based Skills

• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records in English

•  IT Literate - Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities

• Ability to work in a stressful working environment with emotional or aggressive patients/or carers and manage stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in and empathetic manner supporting other members of the Team, clients and their families.

General skills / attributes

• An ability to organise and problem solve.

• Ability to present information, written, and oral, in a clear and logical manner.

• Ability to function effectively across a variety of environments (e.g. ward, department, patient’s homes etc) involving changing and demanding conditions.

• Enthusiasm

• Adaptable and flexible

• Able to use own initiative when appropriate

• Keen to learn

• Team player

• Reliable

• Able to maintain work life balance

• Able to challenge and be challenged Able to build rapport

Experience

• Completed a broad range of clinical placements

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio