Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist inColchester inColchester PUBLISHED WED 30 OCT 2024

Due to an expansion of the Learning Disability Service, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to work with Individuals who receive support from the Community Enhanced support team and the Inpatient Assessment and Treatment Unit.

With direct support from the OT Professional Lead, your role will be to grow and develop an evidence based OT provision within this service.

You will work as part of a dedicated and innovative MDT, where you will help to improve the lives and wellbeing of individuals with a Learning Disability. You will be able to follow the Individuals as they transition between the community and inpatient services, offering continuity of care and a client centred approach throughout. You will use your core OT knowledge to promote participation and independence in Activities of Daily living, whilst having the opportunity to strengthen and develop specialist areas such as Sensory Integration and Positive Behaviour Support.

The Essex Specialist Learning Disabilities service is committed to improving the health and well-being of people with a learning disability across North-East, Mid & West Essex, by working in a person-centred way that empowers individuals to maximise their potential.

We are a supportive, forward-thinking team, with great peer networks. We actively promote learning and development opportunities in both clinical and leadership fields of work.

We invite and welcome further discussions from anyone keen to apply.

• To provide high quality, comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for specified service user group with complex needs.
• To work in an interdisciplinary way to assess service user's needs, devise care plans and evaluate outcomes and to carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide clinical advice and support for service users that present with behaviour that challenges and require support with their mental health.
• Work directly with service users, carers, colleagues and other service providers.
• Support people during hospital admissions through focused assessment, intervention and support
• Facilitate and support safe discharge from hospital back into the community
• Deliver training and education to other professionals/carers/family.
• To develop Occupational Therapy provision within the service with support from the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Professional Lead Occupational Therapist.

About us

To provide a high quality Occupational Therapy Service and consultation to people within the Essex Specialist Learning Disability Services.

To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic, community settings and when in hospital.

To provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to a clients formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.

To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions using selected and graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decision about their care.

To maintain clinical records.

To develop skills and knowledge .

To provide an effective supervision framework for Occupational Therapy staff, and provide regular supervision to allocated OT staff as per Trust policy.

• To deputise for the Professional Lead Occupational Therapist in Learning Disability services as necessary.
• To develop Occupational Therapy provision within the service with support from Professional Lead Occupational Therapist.
• To have responsibility for the planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of occupational therapy and interventions within the Service.