Occupational Therapist - Specialist Children’s Services B5

The role:

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

• We are delighted to welcome applications to this band 5 Occupational Therapy role in Renfrewshire CAMHS
• The shift pattern for this post is 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
• To 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

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:
Occupational Therapy Team Lead, Shannon Elder, Shannon.

Eldert,

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:
Information for candidates.

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