Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Band 7

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Band 7

The Sirona Adult Learning Disability Health Service (SALDHS) is a centre of excellence for specialist learning disability health needs. We cover 3 localities where multidisciplinary teams enable our service users to access health services through direct care, liaison with other services and offering support and training on how to work with people who have a learning disability and how to make reasonable adjustments. The service prides itself on delivering high quality support to service users with a variety of physical and mental health issues alongside their Learning Disability. All staff are required to use a range of communication and listening skills to work effectively with our service users. Where necessary you will be required to work at other bases or work remotely from home.

The role will focus on developing O.T. practice with service users whose functional abilities are impacted by a variety of physical conditions, which impact on the individual's ability to undertake essential functional activities. Providing support to the ADLHS team; working with a wide and complex diverse service user population with Learning Disabilities.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a highly specialised Occupational Therapy assessment and implement patient-centred treatment programmes for people with Learning Disabilities within their homes or current place of residence as part of the SALDHS, working alongside the rest of the MDT.
• To provide Learning Disability and Specialist Occupational Therapy specific advice, support and training to other Sirona staff and wider to other agencies as necessary.
• Clinical line management responsibility, to provide leadership, clinical support, development, and supervision of the multi-disciplinary SALDHS.
• To provide professional support to all relevant practitioners within their discipline across the SALDHS.
• To promote a positive approach to change, to facilitate the continued development of the SALDHS.
• Coordinate the multi-professional team closely with the Locality and Professional leads and Clinical and Operational Lead for SALDHS.
• To hold a highly specialist clinical caseload including independent management of people with Learning Disabilities with complex presentation.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Job responsibilities

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Person Specification

Professional

• Diploma/ degree in Occupational therapy.
• To be able to travel between a variety of locations within BNSSG. A motorised vehicle is required.
• Broad experience of the core areas of Occupational Therapy, including: Postural Management, Sensory Integration Approach, Mental Health, Equipment provision.
• Experience in delivering Occupational Therapy to adults with learning disabilities in a community setting.

Skills

• Experience of day-to-day supervision of more junior members of staff.
• Able to work collaboratively within own and multidisciplinary health and social care teams.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.