Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

A rare opportunity to join the Coventry & Rugby Community Learning Disability Team as a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist has arisen.

The team is passionate about providing an excellent service for Adults with Learning Disabilities and needs the skills you can bring as an Occupational Therapist.

The role of the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist will work as part of an experienced and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team providing occupational therapy assessment and treatment to a range of adults with Learning Disabilities across Coventry & Rugby.

Main Duties of the Job

The role requires a competent Occupational Therapist, who is confident in their ability to carry a clinical caseload of complex clients with learning disabilities whilst offering clinical leadership, supervision, and support to more junior members of the Occupational Therapy team alongside the community team manager.

• To provide specialist services to adults with a learning disability through a process of Person-Centred Care that is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of the individual and their family/carers. Identified needs will be assessed, treatment implemented, and evaluated in partnership with Service Users as well as family/carers.
• To lead and develop OTs across the service promoting Best Practice, providing training and clinical leadership.
• To manage a caseload of patients with a range of needs, using evidence-based/person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
• To communicate information and advice to service users and their carers.
• To provide and develop an Occupational Therapy service to those with a Learning Disability.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal within a designated area/team.
• To lead clinical audits and undertake research.
• To provide risk assessment and promote safe working practices for staff and patients in line with trust policies.

About Us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability, and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more.
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more.
• Staff networks and support groups.

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.

Job Responsibilities

Main responsibilities of the post:

• To carry a clinical caseload of complex clients with learning disabilities.
• To interpret referrals, conduct initial interviews, and assess the strengths and limitations of the client.
• To plan and implement appropriate treatment plans involving patients/clients/relatives/carers and multidisciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Treatment may be delivered in a variety of community settings.
• To provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Therapist within the LD team in specific community localities and ensure the teams' objectives are in line with the overall objectives of the Community LD Team. To ensure that the Occupational Therapy processes are standardised across teams.
• To coordinate the delivery of Occupational Therapy within locality team services and provide clinical and case management supervision to more junior members of the team in conjunction with other senior colleagues.
• To advise the management and professional leadership team of specific Occupational Therapy training/requirements for the OT staff with the team.
• To ensure timely and accurate data entry to demonstrate improving data quality on the electronic system.
• To professionally conduct yourself to ensure that you are an ambassador for the service that you work within and the Trust as a whole.
• The post holder is required to remain eligible for State Registration through participation in appraisal, clinical supervision, and Continuous Professional Development.
• Through highly specialist clinical reasoning and practical application determine specific occupational performance need of the service user.
• Advanced knowledge of a wide range of conditions under the umbrella of learning disability and other associated comorbid conditions.
• To utilise a comprehensive range of evidenced based specialist assessments and treatment to service users.
• To be an integral part in the provision of an effective and high-quality Community Learning Disability Team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• PgD, BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy.
• Significant post-graduate experience in Learning Disabilities.
• Current Registration with Health and Care Professions Council without restriction.
• Training in Sensory Integration Therapy (or be prepared to undertake this).

Other

• Member of College of Occupational Therapists.
• Member of relevant Special Interest Groups.

Knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• An understanding of the specific contribution of Occupational Therapists in Learning Disability Services.
• Ability to demonstrate team building, leadership, and organisational skills.
• Demonstrates an understanding and ability to practice in a person-centred way.
• Knowledge in developing specialist clinical interventions within the Learning Disability services.

Experience

• Evidence of effective caseload management.
• Experience of supervising registered and/or non-registered staff.
• Experience of involvement in service evaluation and audit.
• Experience of delivering and receiving clinical supervision.

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.