Lead Occupational Therapist

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Lead Occupational Therapist Permanent

Salary: £51,000 - £58,200 Depending on Experience

Location:

Sheffield South Yorkshire

Hours:

Full time 30 37.5 hours per week

Client group:
Rehabilitation

Our client is looking for a Lead Occupational Therapist in Shefield. Our Clients mission is to enable individuals to reach their fullest potential following catastrophic injury or illness, through expert, compassionate, and cutting-edge rehabilitation. They deliver bespoke, evidence-based therapies, led by an exceptional interdisciplinary team, to achieve the highest standards of recovery and life quality.

As a Lead Occupational therapist, you play a key role in enabling clients to regain independence, confidence and quality of life. The role supports the Head of Therapy (HOT) in providing leadership support to the Therapy team. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting the HOT in the service development, auditing, and reporting systems.

Provide clinical and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy team.

Oversee the service management and the direction of the Occupational therapy service.

Lead on service development and evaluation including audits and research review.

Participate in meetings, lead clinical audits, and contribute to policy development and clinical practice.

Identify clinical priorities at both operational and strategic level, ensuring the highest standards of clinical and professional practice.

To review equipment needs within occupational therapy service, ensuring a good awareness of new products, and emerging technologies in the UK and internationally.

Work collaboratively with the IDT to enhance service delivery and client outcomes.

Provide clinical leadership, support, and guidance to other staff team members

To support the pre-admission assessment team as required

To support the student placement programme within the Therapy department and facilitate the learning for both internal staff and visiting students

To undertake initial assessments, reviews, and evaluation of occupational therapy strategies for residential clients from admission to discharge. To focus the team on creating goal attainment action plans for each client in order to supportmaximisation of individual capacity/capabilities

To be able to utilise highly developed therapeutic handling skills to support rehabilitation of a variety of neurological/complex trauma rehabilitation clients

To be able to write and check comprehensive reports, to a high standard, appropriate to be shared with a variety of external bodies including medicolegal professionals.

To involve clients and carers/family in the development and delivery of goals within the rehabilitation plan

Registered with HCPC

Educated to Masters degree level, or offering the equivalent specialist knowledge / expertise acquired through training and experience over an extended period of time

Relevant postgraduate training in neurological rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, complex disability management, assistive technology or equivalent specialist area

Training qualification / demonstrable experience in developing and delivering training programmes

A minimum of 5 years Specialist Rehabilitation experience working with people following life changing injuries including at least one of the following areas:

• Traumatic brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Complex neurological conditions
• Major trauma
• Amputation and limb loss

Fantastic salary & Benefits £51,000 - £58,200 Depending on Experience

Make a Real Difference Help someone achieve their goals and live more independently.

A supportive leadership team and collaborative multidisciplinary environment.