Occupational Therapist

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. This will include a balance of both generic and specific OT work. To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients mental health care, where appropriate. To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of occupational therapists in the team is of the highest standard of clinical care.
To manage referrals and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements. To communicate and liaise with others to ensure appropriate assessments, interventions and reviews are in place. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them and/or their care givers to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour to facilitate discharge. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk to facilitate discharge.
To assess carers and familys needs and signpost or refer them to the relevant support. Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm. Enable individuals to develop independent living skills to facilitate discharge to their residence of choice. To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making within the To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.
To adhere to HCPC code of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation. To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines (for example N.I.C.E.) To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession. To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit. To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Team Co-ordinator.
To act as lead professional within the CMHT Team. Offer management and professional supervision to colleagues working within the team. Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff to create networks that improve the pathway of care as patients are discharged acute service

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