Job responsibilities
Professional Leadership and Development
- To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities and to participate in the review and appraisal process.
- To adhere to the individual Professional code of conduct and practice at all times.
- To reflect on own practice individually and/or through regular clinical supervision.
- Provide clinical education, training, and evaluation of clinical competence of team and multidisciplinary team staff, providing support and guidance.
- To maintain, develop and disseminate specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice.
Communication and Relationships
- Demonstrate advanced communication skills in providing advice, empowerment, facilitation, influence, motivation, and counselling.
- Manage complex communication issues that may arise between differing health and social care professionals including de-escalation skills when working in highly antagonistic, hostile, and emotive clinical areas.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the need to involve patients and carers in decision making, offering them informed choices, respecting their views.
- Demonstrate the ability to recognise barriers to understanding that can be encountered with those without English as their first language, patients with disabilities and those with mental health difficulties such as anxiety, clinical depression, or personality disorders.
- Seek out different styles and methods of communicating to assist longer term needs and aims.
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
- First level qualification – HCPC registered occupational therapist.
- Post graduate degree or equivalent qualification or experience.
- A teaching qualification (e.g. ENB 998/P126/127) or a proven track record in occupational therapy education.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of meeting the health needs of Adults with Mental Health and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Cognitive difficulties underpinned by theory and experience.
- In depth knowledge of National and HCPC policies, procedures, code of conduct and standards of care in relation to service provision for adults with mental health and/or learning disabilities and/or cognitive difficulties.
Analytical and Judgment Skills
- Assess, interpret, and analyse range highly complex clinical information and environments, delivering a clear rational for care delivery, clinical outcomes, and clinical management strategies.
- Demonstrate a high level of reflective practice and competence in clinical reasoning and decision making based on evidence-based nursing practice.
- Demonstrate excellent analytical and judgmental skills in relation to Initial and on-going assessments and subsequent treatment packages and assist colleagues in problem solving and providing quality care and make recommendations as to the best course of action.
- Initiate and promote Serious Untoward Incident (SUI) reporting and contribute to SUI Investigations as Lead Clinician or Investigator.
- Contribute, Support and Lead on Complaints Resolutions where the Complaint is in relation to the Quality of clinical interventions and Treatment received. Take on role as Investigating Officer for formal complaints.
Planning and Organisation Skills
- Responsible for planning and prioritising their own workload.
- Work independently as an Advanced Practitioner to manage own complex caseload.
- Plan and organise specialist occupational therapy provision and adjust as required.
- Promote, develop, and implement clinical standards and good practices both in care delivery and appropriate record keeping.
- Represent in the absence of the Clinical Team Lead as appropriate.
Responsibilities for patient/client care
- Following the completion of a comprehensive core assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence-based programme of care based on formulation, including to those with complex needs/challenging behaviours.
- At all times work in collaboration with patients and carers ensuring that the patient is treated with compassion, respect, and dignity.
- Manage distress and conflict in the day to day work with patients who, as an expression of their condition/ diagnosis, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours.
- Provide effective care and therapeutic interventions to patients presenting with a range of difficulties. To engage in active relapse prevention planning with patients and carers, contributing to their recovery and/ or wellbeing and discharge planning.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to patients/carers and practitioners of other professional disciplines, less experienced staff, voluntary organisations, and the public.
Policy and Service Development
- Adhere to policies, procedures, protocols, and standards and be instrumental in embedding these in-service provisions.
- Adhere to professional code of conduct and standards, and requirements of other legislation.
- Understand, contribute, and advise on statutory issues which impact on patients and carers. Perform statutory duties and seek advice where necessary.
- Positively promote adherence to Lone Working Policy and Protocols.
- Ensure Implementation of National, Trust and Local Service Legislation, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines for Health and Social Care and be involved in their development where appropriate. Report any deficiencies within the clinical environment or equipment.
Human Resources
- Take responsibility for keeping own professional knowledge and skills up to date through mandatory training, reflective practice, shared learning, etc.
- Be responsible for being actively involved in CPD and professional development plans via supervision and appraisal process.
Research and Development
- Initiate and Lead on regular Clinical Audit and participate in Research as required.
- Keep up to date with relevant research in the field in order to evaluate current practice and suggest service improvement.
- Share any knowledge gained via conference, peer review journals, specific training sessions, workshops, presentations etc. in order to develop and underpin good practice.
- To reflect on own practice through clinical supervision and mentorship and to develop skills as a clinical supervisor/mentor to others.
- To contribute to the development of local evidence-based standards, policies and guidelines related to the speciality.
Clinical Governance
- To maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation in line with legal, professional, and organisational requirements. Ensure all information with regard to each patient related contact is recorded within SystmOne records
- Identify need for, and undertake, research, clinical audit, benchmarking, and equipment trials, in order to improve effectiveness of patient care.
- Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to multi- professional groups and publication.
- Take responsibility for the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines relevant to own area of work, which may have an impact across the organisation.
- Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
Professional Development and Personal Performance
- Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of education to meet identified need.
- Establish own support mechanisms to enable structured reflection, including clinical supervision, development of supportive networks mentoring and coaching.
- Participate in and undertake clinical supervision of colleagues on an individual or group
- Participate in the Divisional appraisal System and demonstrate the achievement of agreed personal objectives.
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