Occupational Therapist - Specialist Children’s Services B5

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

You need to have a live HCPC pin in order to be considered for this post.

• To take responsibility for a designated clinical caseload and provide an efficient and effective occupational therapy service
• To assess, plan, implement and monitor occupational therapy treatment/management programmes for patients
• To work within multi‑professional/agency settings to ensure co‑ordinated care for patients and carers
• To further enhance clinical and organisational skills to meet the needs of patients and the organisation
• To be actively involved in audit/research locally and within the organisation
• To work within multi‑professional/agency teams to ensure co‑ordinated care for patients and carers

• Band 5 Occupational Therapy role in Renfrewshire CAMHS
• Shift pattern Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00
• This is a fixed‑term post for 18 months

• Professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work including direct and indirect patient care
• With direction from the Team Leader; triage, prioritise and manage an unpredictable patient group effectively and efficiently. Referrals are accepted from GP’s, Consultants and other Health Care Professionals, as well as Educational Professionals and self‑referrals
• Provide occupational therapy services as lone practitioner in Clinic, patients home, nursery, primary and secondary schools both mainstream and special school locations as required
• Identify those patients with the risk of serious pathology who require urgent referral to other services and appropriately manage the ongoing referral
• Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, analyse both clinical and non‑clinical information and provide a comprehensive clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for clinical intervention
• Act independently to plan, implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to achieve maximum developmental potential – including decision making regarding discharge from care
• Work within a legal framework to assess capacity, gain valid consent for treatment from all patients
• Manage an identifiable caseload of patients effectively and efficiently
• Liaise regularly with Senior Occupational Therapist/staff to gain support supervision and direction in management of more complex patient presentations within their caseload
• More responsibilities can be found in the attached job description

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC registration
• CPD portfolio demonstrating maintenance and updating of theoretical knowledge and clinical skills in line with research developments and evidence based practice
• Demonstrable knowledge of a range of assessment tools, relevant to the wider caseload and this specialist patient group and setting
• Demonstrable knowledge of and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of Paediatric and/or mental health conditions

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e‑learning and classroom‑based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

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