Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist - Ely

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join the team in our highly regarded service at Fen House. Fen House is a 25 bedded unit in Ely providing rehabilitation to people with acquired brain injury. In this role you will work as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team (including Therapy Assistants and Rehabilitation Support Workers) using the neurobehavioural model.

The focus is to provide person centred rehabilitation that is evidence based. This is a unique community based inpatient setting led by a consultant neuropsychologist. The service users may have a range of complex and challenging needs including cognitive, behavioural, physical and emotional difficulties following brain injury. You will have scope to work with service users in a holistic way to address all aspects of recovery and to regain maximal independence including participation in social, leisure and vocational activities.

You will have access to a wide range of development opportunities including:

• Webinars/ sessions run by leading neuropsychologists and other allied health professionals specialising in brain injury rehabilitation
• External training courses depending on your individual learning needs (e.g. cognitive rehabilitation, motivational interviewing, upper limb rehabilitation)
• Regular supervision through the clinical lead OT
• Peer supervision through regular trustwide OT meetings
• Potential to explore research and postgraduate study

About us: The Disabilities Trust is a leading UK charity that works alongside people with an acquired brain injury, autism, and learning or physical disabilities to help them live as independently as possible. Our teams across the UK support people to move forward with their lives. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do; you'll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

A competitive salary of £41,659 - £47,672 DOE, £3000 Golden Hello Bonus!

38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)

Excellent training and support

Group life assurance

Eye voucher scheme

Free parking

Nationwide employee staff discounts including discounted gym membership, eating out and shopping

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Job responsibilities:

• To work as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team providing occupational therapy input within the BIRT Neurobehavioural model to service users with acquired brain injury (ABI) and to lead on OT provision within the service.
• To liaise with internal and external professionals, family members and service users.
• To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional with highly developed skills and knowledge potentially as the sole clinician but with supervision (which may be remote) of a more senior OT.
• To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
• To manage and prioritise a caseload of service users with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour.
• To complete the OT process and to use evidence based/service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, formulate a treatment plan, implement and evaluate interventions bringing specialist knowledge to more complex cases.
• To address occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, education and leisure.
• To develop programmes of care, ensure adequate and detailed handover of programmes to rehabilitation support workers or therapy assistants, monitor through data gathering, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention according to the neurobehavioural model.
• To carry out detailed risk assessments including for more complex issues and ensure these are regularly reviewed and updated and communicate this with the team effectively.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• Registered with the HCPC.
• Practice placement qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification within the first year.
• Desirable: Evidence of post graduate study. Member of RCOT and SSNP.

Experience:

• Essential: Knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments (standardised and non-standardised) and intervention.
• Specialist knowledge of OT interventions in ABI e.g. cognitive rehabilitation, upper limb rehabilitation.
• In depth understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
• Knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice.
• Knowledge of current legislation and policies affecting clinical area and professional practice.
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and experience of service evaluation and audit.
• Proven experience of working within a pressurised environment.

Skills & Abilities and Personal Attributes:

• Essential: IT skills including the ability to open and send emails using Outlook, the ability to use Microsoft office and the ability to navigate the internet.
• An understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and an alignment to the Trust's values.
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
• Ability to build effective relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.