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To provide leadership within the sphere of responsibility in the delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service.To be accountable for the delivery of the Occupational Therapy interventions and producing outcome measures of the service.To ensure compliance for senior occupational therapy staff against the outcomes of the Trusts quality dashboard.To be responsible for a caseload of service users and complete standardised and non-standardised assessments of service users in order to identify appropriate Occupational Therapy interventions collaboratively with service users in line with the Care Programme Approach process.To work within the model of recovery led practice and facilitate user involvement in all aspects of service delivery.To utilise Occupational Therapy models/best practice to inform assessments and treatment interventions as appropriate.In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, plan, implement and evaluate Occupational Therapy interventions for effective coordination of service provision.To undertake project and service development work based on identified clinical and/or organisational need.To assist in the development of underpinning knowledge and skills for direct care staff regarding meaningful service user therapeutic occupation.Work in collaboration with the Trusts Research and Development department in development and evaluation of appropriate research initiatives.Undertake/support clinical audit activity within this service.Work as a clinical professional contributing to the multidisciplinary team by providing specialist Occupational Therapy advice/input as appropriate.Ensure that meaningful communication links are established and maintained with service users families, carers, other service providers as appropriate.Monitor and ensure high standards relating to the planning and delivery of Occupational Therapy activities and comply with Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Royal College of Occupational Therapists, 2021), contributing to good health and theimportance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.To collate information about local resources including those for older adults with a mental health problem including potential resources for service users access/utilisation.To undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of service users including pre and post admissions as appropriate.To receive professional/clinical supervision from an appropriate supervisor in accordance with Occupational Therapy practice.To receive leadership and transformation supervision from the AHP Lead in line with the Trusts strategic goals.To maintain active professional links with other Occupational Therapy services, within the speciality, external to the Service.To ensure effective clinical supervision of Occupational Therapy staff in line with the management structure.To ensure opportunities for students are available and that a positive experience is provided by the service with clinical supervision.To undertake and adhere to Occupational Therapy practice in accordance with Standards of Proficiency Occupational Therapists (Health and Care Professions Council 2and Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Royal College of OccupationalTherapists, 2021).To participate in the recruitment and selection process for occupational therapy staff.To chair the interview panel for the recruitment of qualified Occupational Therapists.Attend all mandatory and CIS training as necessary and follow all policies and procedures.Contribute and be aware of personal responsibilities and accountability for helping to ensure that a safe working environment is maintained in accordance with legislation.Any other duties commensurate with role and responsibilities of the post.Attend policies and procedures meeting and influence the development of future policy for the Trust.Communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders.Provide clinical and managerial reports and attend relevant meetings with internal and external agencies as and when required.Arrange and attend meetings and liaise with relevant external organisations as and when required.Appraise the AHP Lead regarding service activity and issues of concern.Undergo an annual appraisal of performance in accordance with Trust Policy, and undertake further training and education as identified by personal development profile.Attendance at service delivery meetings.To investigate any complaints to safeguard service users and staff.Monitor that training of all staff is carried out and records are kept up to date in conjunction with organisational development department.Develop management and professional skills in staff and recommend additional training, asnecessary.Maintain staff morale by means of team building and encouraging initiative.
Take personal responsibility for:Undertaking the necessary training as required.Ensuring renewal of registration with the Health and Care Professions Council annually in accordance with statutory requirement.Will maintain personal commitment towards and responsibility for the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy.Will adhere to the Trust Dress Code.Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of community services, mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.Role model the values of the Trust Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders.Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a report about thatprovision has been made.Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.Maintain their specific knowledge base and develop new skills.Value the contribution of the patient/ service user voice.Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was intended.Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.Adhere to all organisational policies.Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to maintain their efficiency and also how technology can empower service users in a digital environment.Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out for NHS employees.Attend a one day Just and Learning & Civility and Respect training workshop.Be an ambassador for Just & Learning and Civility & Respect following the training.Positively advocate the just and learning culture within your team.Be a confident supporter and implementer of the Trust CARES Values including Civility & Respect within your team.Support their team/ services to create a positive environment for Just and Learning Culture.Participate in Just and Learning Culture events.Bring Just and Learning Culture updates/ information to the attention of team members and other MCT colleagues they work with.Support and encourage the sharing of concerns about the safety and quality of care with senior leaders with the aim of improving safety and quality.Actively participate in creating an open culture within your team so that concerns and difficulties can be discussed safely and respectfully.Speaking up in the event that they are exposed to incivility between colleagues in the workplace will speak up.Listening and understanding others who have concerns and taking a collaborative approach to worktowards a solution to improve civility and respect.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and creative individual to join the Learning Disability Services for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - completing sensory integration assessments for people with learning disabilities and being part of a wider multi-disciplinary team. You will be based with the Halton Community Learning Disability Team, Bridges Learning Centre Widnes, but will cover Halton, Warrington, St Helens & Knowsley.
In return you will join a supportive and enthusiastic team and receive management and clinical supervision.
To undertake sensory integration assessments for people with learning disabilities.
To provide leadership and highly specialist clinical expertise in the provision of Occupational Therapy to adults who have learning disabilities.
To provide an Occupational Therapy service which is inclusiveof best practice, evidence- based practice and is outcome focused.To formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers that aim to guide service users towards reaching an optimum level of functioning and support them to maintain goodmental health.To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team in providing and coordinating a therapeutic, person centred treatment and care pathway. To provide clinical expertise to guide and influence the integrated therapeutic approach from an Occupational Therapy perspective to registered nurses,psychology, medical staff, speech and language therapists, Physiotherapists, and support/direct care staff in the development and provision of meaningful occupational / recreational.
To provide leadership within the sphere of responsibility in the delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service.To be accountable for the delivery of the Occupational Therapy interventions and producing outcome measures of the service.To ensure compliance for senior occupational therapy staff against the outcomes of the Trusts quality dashboard.To be responsible for a caseload of service users and complete standardised and non-standardised assessments of service users in order to identify appropriate Occupational Therapy interventions collaboratively with service users in line with the Care Programme Approach process.To work within the model of recovery led practice and facilitate user involvement in all aspects of service delivery.To utilise Occupational Therapy models/best practice to inform assessments and treatment interventions as appropriate.In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, plan, implement and evaluate Occupational Therapy interventions for effective coordination of service provision.To undertake project and service development work based on identified clinical and/or organisational need.To assist in the development of underpinning knowledge and skills for direct care staff regarding meaningful service user therapeutic occupation.Work in collaboration with the Trusts Research and Development department in development and evaluation of appropriate research initiatives.Undertake/support clinical audit activity within this service.Work as a clinical professional contributing to the multidisciplinary team by providing specialist Occupational Therapy advice/input as appropriate.Ensure that meaningful communication links are established and maintained with service users families, carers, other service providers as appropriate.Monitor and ensure high standards relating to the planning and delivery of Occupational Therapy activities and comply with Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Royal College of Occupational Therapists, 2021), contributing to good health and theimportance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.To collate information about local resources including those for older adults with a mental health problem including potential resources for service users access/utilisation.To undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of service users including pre and post admissions as appropriate.To receive professional/clinical supervision from an appropriate supervisor in accordance with Occupational Therapy practice.To receive leadership and transformation supervision from the AHP Lead in line with the Trusts strategic goals.To maintain active professional links with other Occupational Therapy services, within the speciality, external to the Service.To ensure effective clinical supervision of Occupational Therapy staff in line with the management structure.To ensure opportunities for students are available and that a positive experience is provided by the service with clinical supervision.To undertake and adhere to Occupational Therapy practice in accordance with Standards of Proficiency Occupational Therapists (Health and Care Professions Council 2and Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics (Royal College of OccupationalTherapists, 2021).To participate in the recruitment and selection process for occupational therapy staff.To chair the interview panel for the recruitment of qualified Occupational Therapists.Attend all mandatory and CIS training as necessary and follow all policies and procedures.Contribute and be aware of personal responsibilities and accountability for helping to ensure that a safe working environment is maintained in accordance with legislation.Any other duties commensurate with role and responsibilities of the post.Attend policies and procedures meeting and influence the development of future policy for the Trust.Communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders.Provide clinical and managerial reports and attend relevant meetings with internal and external agencies as and when required.Arrange and attend meetings and liaise with relevant external organisations as and when required.Appraise the AHP Lead regarding service activity and issues of concern.Undergo an annual appraisal of performance in accordance with Trust Policy, and undertake further training and education as identified by personal development profile.Attendance at service delivery meetings.To investigate any complaints to safeguard service users and staff.Monitor that training of all staff is carried out and records are kept up to date in conjunction with organisational development department.Develop management and professional skills in staff and recommend additional training, asnecessary.Maintain staff morale by means of team building and encouraging initiative.
Take personal responsibility for:Undertaking the necessary training as required.Ensuring renewal of registration with the Health and Care Professions Council annually in accordance with statutory requirement.Will maintain personal commitment towards and responsibility for the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy.Will adhere to the Trust Dress Code.Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of community services, mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.Role model the values of the Trust Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders.Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a report about thatprovision has been made.Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.Maintain their specific knowledge base and develop new skills.Value the contribution of the patient/ service user voice.Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was intended.Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.Adhere to all organisational policies.Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to maintain their efficiency and also how technology can empower service users in a digital environment.Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out for NHS employees.Attend a one day Just and Learning & Civility and Respect training workshop.Be an ambassador for Just & Learning and Civility & Respect following the training.Positively advocate the just and learning culture within your team.Be a confident supporter and implementer of the Trust CARES Values including Civility & Respect within your team.Support their team/ services to create a positive environment for Just and Learning Culture.Participate in Just and Learning Culture events.Bring Just and Learning Culture updates/ information to the attention of team members and other MCT colleagues they work with.Support and encourage the sharing of concerns about the safety and quality of care with senior leaders with the aim of improving safety and quality.Actively participate in creating an open culture within your team so that concerns and difficulties can be discussed safely and respectfully.Speaking up in the event that they are exposed to incivility between colleagues in the workplace will speak up.Listening and understanding others who have concerns and taking a collaborative approach to worktowards a solution to improve civility and respect.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and creative individual to join the Learning Disability Services for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - completing sensory integration assessments for people with learning disabilities and being part of a wider multi-disciplinary team. You will be based with the Halton Community Learning Disability Team, Bridges Learning Centre Widnes, but will cover Halton, Warrington, St Helens & Knowsley.
In return you will join a supportive and enthusiastic team and receive management and clinical supervision.
To undertake sensory integration assessments for people with learning disabilities.
To provide leadership and highly specialist clinical expertise in the provision of Occupational Therapy to adults who have learning disabilities.
To provide an Occupational Therapy service which is inclusiveof best practice, evidence- based practice and is outcome focused.To formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers that aim to guide service users towards reaching an optimum level of functioning and support them to maintain goodmental health.To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team in providing and coordinating a therapeutic, person centred treatment and care pathway. To provide clinical expertise to guide and influence the integrated therapeutic approach from an Occupational Therapy perspective to registered nurses,psychology, medical staff, speech and language therapists, Physiotherapists, and support/direct care staff in the development and provision of meaningful occupational / recreational.
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