Occupational Therapist inBarnstaple inBarnstaple PUBLISHED
FRI 10 JAN 2025
Devon Partnership NHS Trust rQSZNtRl
In this supportive environment, the successful applicant will benefit from regular clinical supervision and a positive appraisal process aimed at professional development. They will play a critical role in ensuring the delivery of occupational therapy services, offering expertise to the inpatient management team, and addressing both clinical and operational issues. This role not only emphasises patient care but also prioritizes the professional growth of the occupational therapist within the team.
An excellent opportunity has arisen in North Devon for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and experienced adult mental health inpatient team. We are looking for a motivated, passionate occupational therapist who strives to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of working aged adults with a Mental Health condition.
The role is based on the 16 bedded adult urgent care ward. You will be working in a friendly and supportive environment, with a focus on providing the very best patient care in a locality combining sea, moor, history and opportunity.
We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate experience within the OT role, who has the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team, have sound decision making skills and effective clinical reasoning.
The successful candidate will work creatively to develop the role and work with senior members of the team on driving service development. The successful applicant will be required to demonstrate excellent assessment and interpersonal skills, supporting patients and their families through shared decision making, to make informed choices about their treatment and conditions.
The successful applicant will provide supervision for junior members of the team. Our focus will also be on your individual development. You will have regular clinical supervision, and we use a positive appraisal process to help plan your development and work with you to achieve your professional goals.
About us
Job Purpose
- Assess and treat own specialist caseload of clients within identified settings
- Act as clinical OT within the inpatient services, ensuring effective planning and delivery of the service and manage a small team ensuring effective planning and delivery of the service
- To ensure supervision for OT staff within the inpatient setting to ensure a high standard of client care.
- Contribute to the development of high quality occupational therapy services through the professional clinical governance frameworks including audit
- Provide professional advice and expertise to the urgent inpatient management team
- Report to the OT Manager on professional issues and Ward Manager on operational issues.
For full Job Description, please see separate attached document.
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