Job summary
The Clinical Lead for Occupational Therapy will be responsible for providing a highly specialised Occupational Therapy service to a complex caseload of residents with neurological conditions and brain injuries at Castel Froma Neuro Care (CFNC). The clinical lead will act as a role model for clinical and professional leadership and will ensure that ensure that high standards are achieved to provide the best evidence based practice for all residents.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Therapy Manager on the planning, development and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy service within a multi-disciplinary team at CFNC.
The role of the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist will be to provide high quality rehabilitation care to our residents. This will involve a range of neurological and MSK assessment and intervention skills, across different phases of treatment (slow stream rehabilitation to long term maintenance). You will be required to carry out individual and group therapy sessions within these phases of treatment.
The successful candidate will provide leadership and support to the Occupational Therapy team including therapists, assistants and companions.
They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside the nursing and care team, as well as liaising with outside professionals.
About us
Castel Froma Neuro Care is a registered charity that cares for people with complex neurological conditions such as brain injury, MS, MND, Parkinson's disease and Huntingdon's disease.
We currently have over 90 permanent residents living across two sites (Lillington House and Helen Ley House), plus a regular turnover of respite guests, who stay with us on a temporary basis.
We aim to:
- Provide the highest standard of nursing care for individuals with complex needs;
- Bring together experts from every therapeutic field to help our residents live as full a life as possible;
- Integrate family, friends and the local community into the lives of our residents and provide a supportive environment for their carers;
- Excel in palliative and end of life care to help our residents live their last days as they would wish, free from pain and with as much dignity as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Principal duties and responsibilities:
- Taking an active role in the development of other staff members/students to continually improve practice of the service as a whole;
- Providing clinical supervision and appraisals to Occupational Therapists and ensuring all Therapy Assistants have supervision and appraisals;
- Providing leadership to the Activities Co-ordinators and ensuring Companions are utilised and timetabled appropriately;
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, this includes clinical, managerial and professional duties;
- Assisting the Therapy Manager with the recruitment of staff and support with development of staff members currently working within the service;
- Leading the Occupational Therapy team and activities with the day to day service, managing annual leave, staff absence, to ensure the service is safe and efficient;
- Taking a lead role with support from the Therapy Manager in the organisation of neurological occupational therapy provided at Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Working with the Psychology department assessing capacity in different situations within and outside clinical settings;
- Ensuring the activity team are safely accessing the community with residents from Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Prioritising and delegating caseloads to other Occupational Therapists depending on their experience and support with complex situations;
- Developing working guidelines and protocols with the Therapy Lead in accordance with National and Castel Froma Neuro Care policies;
- Being part of a team developing policies and protocols to ensure safe practice at Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Identifying and utilising evidence-based outcome measures appropriate for residents at Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Completing clinical audits of the service to ensure an effective, efficient service is being delivered;
- Providing education to the multidisciplinary team to ensure best practice across all disciplines;
- Prioritising workload through demonstration of high level of understanding of clinical needs and risks to individuals to ensure residents psychological, social and physical needs are met;
- Communicating effectively and sensitively with residents, family, and carers members of the clinical team and therapy services;
- Effectively communicate complex information to residents and family members regarding occupational therapy interventions;
- Use of assistive technology, being up to date with advances in technology to support communication, psychological and social wellbeing of a resident;
- Supporting residents with discharge home and have effective communication with external agencies to ensure the process is fluid;
- Continuing and developing relationships with the wider services such as local NHS provisions;
- Maintaining your own continuous development professional practice, participate in performance and development reviews;
- Ensure high standards of documentation and clinical record keeping as well as monitoring the standards of others; and
- Completing all mandatory training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Principal duties and responsibilities:
- Taking an active role in the development of other staff members/students to continually improve practice of the service as a whole;
- Providing clinical supervision and appraisals to Occupational Therapists and ensuring all Therapy Assistants have supervision and appraisals;
- Providing leadership to the Activities Co-ordinators and ensuring Companions are utilised and timetabled appropriately;
- Being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, this includes clinical, managerial and professional duties;
- Assisting the Therapy Manager with the recruitment of staff and support with development of staff members currently working within the service;
- Leading the Occupational Therapy team and activities with the day to day service, managing annual leave, staff absence, to ensure the service is safe and efficient;
- Taking a lead role with support from the Therapy Manager in the organisation of neurological occupational therapy provided at Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Working with the Psychology department assessing capacity in different situations within and outside clinical settings;
- Ensuring the activity team are safely accessing the community with residents from Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Prioritising and delegating caseloads to other Occupational Therapists depending on their experience and support with complex situations;
- Developing working guidelines and protocols with the Therapy Lead in accordance with National and Castel Froma Neuro Care policies;
- Being part of a team developing policies and protocols to ensure safe practice at Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Identifying and utilising evidence-based outcome measures appropriate for residents at Castel Froma Neuro Care;
- Completing clinical audits of the service to ensure an effective, efficient service is being delivered;
- Providing education to the multidisciplinary team to ensure best practice across all disciplines;
- Prioritising workload through demonstration of high level of understanding of clinical needs and risks to individuals to ensure residents psychological, social and physical needs are met;
- Communicating effectively and sensitively with residents, family, and carers members of the clinical team and therapy services;
- Effectively communicate complex information to residents and family members regarding occupational therapy interventions;
- Use of assistive technology, being up to date with advances in technology to support communication, psychological and social wellbeing of a resident;
- Supporting residents with discharge home and have effective communication with external agencies to ensure the process is fluid;
- Continuing and developing relationships with the wider services such as local NHS provisions;
- Maintaining your own continuous development professional practice, participate in performance and development reviews;
- Ensure high standards of documentation and clinical record keeping as well as monitoring the standards of others; and
- Completing all mandatory training.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years' clinical experience working as an Occupational Therapist with established knowledge in the application to Neurological conditions.
Desirable
- Experience in a managerial role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Be able to build effective working relationships with team members, external colleagues, residents and relatives.
- Be well organised with effective time management skills.
- To have effective knowledge of occupational performance assessment in neurological conditions, including client factors and performance skills such as ROM, tone, co-ordination etc and areas of personal management such as dressing, bathing toileting.
- To have effective knowledge of OT treatment planning and execution including understanding of upper limb splinting and awareness of graded programmes to achieve maximal independence (ADLs and IADLs)
Desirable
- Group Therapy experience.
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity assessment and DoLs.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Valid UK driving licence
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years' clinical experience working as an Occupational Therapist with established knowledge in the application to Neurological conditions.
Desirable
- Experience in a managerial role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Be able to build effective working relationships with team members, external colleagues, residents and relatives.
- Be well organised with effective time management skills.
- To have effective knowledge of occupational performance assessment in neurological conditions, including client factors and performance skills such as ROM, tone, co-ordination etc and areas of personal management such as dressing, bathing toileting.
- To have effective knowledge of OT treatment planning and execution including understanding of upper limb splinting and awareness of graded programmes to achieve maximal independence (ADLs and IADLs)
Desirable
- Group Therapy experience.
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity assessment and DoLs.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Valid UK driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
