Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

at  Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Professionally accountable for own occupational therapy caseload, working autonomously in a variety of community settings. Service users have complex needs that require highly specialist occupational therapy skills to enable them to maintain, restore or create a balance between their abilities and the demands of their occupation and environment in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. Service users have diverse presentations and a range of mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities. To have responsibility for ensuring that the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of service users and their carers are maintained at all times and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence based practice and a client-centred approach by all members of the occupational therapy team.
To provide Trust-wide clinical leadership and advice in own specialist area. To have responsibility for providing clinical supervision and specialist training for occupational therapy staff within the designated specialty and other healthcare professionals, as agreed with e.g. the Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead, Professional Lead, Locality Manager as appropriate. To lead clinical audit, development of professional practice and quality improvement in own specialist area.
To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities. To promote at all times a positive image of the Occupational Therapy Service and the wider Trust

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