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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties:

1.    To assess clients referred to the service, and provide specialist rehabilitation focused assessments for those identified for specialist OT input

2.    To utilise specialist interventions when presented with complex cases.

3.    To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.

4.    To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with clients and extended support network.

5.    To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.

6.    To work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower clients and facilitate optimal functional performance.

7.    To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.

8.    To manage a complex caseload and work autonomously.

9.    To apply a variety of treatment modalities to meet the needs of clients in individual or group format, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate setting for intervention.

10.  To liaise with in-patient and community based services to maximise functional independence for the client and least restrictive care.

11. To make clinically informed decisions in order to delegate aspects of client care to assistants, junior staff, students, carers and statutory or non-statutory bodies.

12. To regularly review client’s progress in order to evaluate and interpret effectiveness of treatment plans, and amend treatment or discharge clients accordingly.

13. To ensure that treatment offered is based on the best available evidence for effectiveness in the specialist area where it is applied.

14. To develop and initiate interventions based on the integration of theoretical knowledge in order to meet unique client needs.

15. To keep up to date clinical records in line with professional standards and local record keeping policies.

16. To provide written and verbal reports as required at any stage in the treatment process in line with Occupational Therapy/Nursing/Trust Clinical Governance Standards.

Indirect Clinical Duties:

1.    To be an integral member of the MDT where consultancy, advise and collaborative working is essential for all clients on team caseload.

2.    To attend clinical case discussions at meetings or ward rounds.

3.    To participate in complex multi-agency and professional meetings

4.    To participate in clinical audit, research and evidence based practice.

5.    To undertake day to day clinical prioritisation.

6.    To identify clinical service needs and initiate projects, which could be developed in order to meet challenges.

7.    To promote the roles and skills of community therapy provision to other professionals, students, clients and carers.

8.    To contribute constructively to multi-disciplinary team working.

9.    To occasionally represent the Team at service development forums.

Profession Specific Duties:

1.    To attend professional meetings as required.

2.    To take responsibility for developing as a professional.

3.    To maintain a continuing professional development portfolio.

4.    To undertake annual appraisal.

5.    To contribute constructively to the supervision process.

6.    To provide supervision to junior staff and students.

7.    To occasionally represent the service at development forums.

8.    To comply with policies and agreed procedures for annual leave, sickness and time owing.

9.    To complete daily diary sheets for statistical purposes.

10. To supervise a minimum of one student per year.