Lead Occupational Therapist

This Job description is an outline which reflects the present requirements of the post and is not intended to be exhaustive list of duties the post holder will be expected to fulfil. Provide clinical and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy team. Oversee the service management and the direction of the Occupational therapy service. Lead on service development and evaluation including audits and research review. Participate in meetings, lead clinical audits, and contribute to policy development and clinical practice. Identify clinical priorities at both operational and strategic level, ensuring the highest standards of clinical and professional practice. To review equipment needs within occupational therapy service, ensuring a good awareness of new products, and emerging technologies in the UK and internationally. Work collaboratively with the IDT to enhance service delivery and client outcomes. Provide clinical leadership, support, and guidance to other staff team members To support the pre-admission assessment team as required To support the student placement programme within the Therapy department and facilitate the learning for both internal staff and visiting students To undertake initial assessments, reviews, and evaluation of occupational therapy strategies for residential clients from admission to discharge. To focus the team on creating goal attainment action plans for each client in order to support maximisation of individual capacity/capabilities Undertake comprehensive assessments of clients with a diverse and complex presentations. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition To be able to utilise highly developed therapeutic handling skills to support rehabilitation of a variety of neurological/complex trauma rehabilitation clients To be able to write and check comprehensive reports, to a high standard, appropriate to be shared with a variety of external bodies including medicolegal professionals. To involve clients and carers/family in the development and delivery of goals within the rehabilitation plan To adhere to and carry out individual client and departmental risk assessments To liaise effectively with appropriate members of the team regarding the progress of clients to optimise the outcome for each individual. This may include family and written reports to external bodies, e.g., NHS commissioners, solicitors, and case managers To act upon and escalate issues as required following STEPS guidance and operating procedures To be compliant with the clinical governance requirements operating within STEPS procedures To identify the need for audit and be involved in clinical audits as and when directed To contribute and lead on specific projects related to service development and delivery e.g., education, training and contributing to the setting and monitoring of practice standards, develop of new or enhanced services within the STEPS rehabilitation model To be involved in and oversee team involvement in Research and Development To represent STEPS, in line with our values at a variety of conferences and events. To adhere to the Royal College of OT code of ethics and professional conduct