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Additionally, the OT will supervise the ward's Activity Worker and junior staff, and may be involved in assessing needs for aids and adaptations as required. This position emphasises a recovery-oriented approach to care, ensuring that interventions contribute to the safe discharge and overall well-being of service users in alignment with the acute clinical pathway.
The OT is responsible for a defined caseload and will be required to deliver a comprehensive Occupational Therapy Service for service users on their caseload to meet the identified occupational and functional needs.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team the post-holder will provide a variety of person-centred assessments and interventions, promoting a recovery approach and social inclusion, to maximise activity of daily living skills and lifestyle management. This will include assessment and treatment on the unit, in community settings and home visits as appropriate to support the acute clinical pathway. Assessment and review of care packages and liaising with other organisations and health care providers will also be required, to enable service users to live as independently as possible.
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The Band 6 role is for a qualified occupational therapist to work across 1 acute inpatient mental health wards.
The job includes:
Provision individual assessment, intervention and evaluation of treatment, delivered within the framework of NICE guidelines, evidence based best practice to maximise service users recovery and support with safe discharge
The OT is responsible for a defined caseload and will be required to deliver a comprehensive Occupational Therapy Service for service users on their caseload to meet the identified occupational and functional needs.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team the post-holder will provide a variety of person-centred assessments and interventions, promoting a recovery approach and social inclusion, to maximise activity of daily living skills and lifestyle management. This will include assessment and treatment on the unit, in community settings and home visits as appropriate to support the acute clinical pathway. Assessment and review of care packages and liaising with other organisations and health care providers will also be required, to enable service users to live as independently as possible.
The post holder will supervise the wards Activity Worker and other junior staff as agreed
Assessment for and ordering of aids and adaptions where required.
Supervision of a ward based B3 Activity Worker.
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