Role Summary:
* A dedicated Senior Occupational Therapist is required to work within our inpatient and outpatient Neurology service.
Key Responsibilities
1. Assess patient needs, develop treatment plans, implement programs for evaluation and implementation of care pathways in accordance with established standards.
2. Supervise Basic Grade/Student Occupational Therapists as well as Therapy Assistants participating continuing professional development sessions working closely with senior clinical specialist OTs other clinical areas establishing care pathways contributing continuous quality improvement initiatives making information easily accessible reporting progress using appropriate technologies supporting staff teams maintaining collaboration expertise communication efficiency ensuring resources current reliable considering health safety wellbeing treating patients respectfully free discrimination proactively investigating impact factors implementing evidence-based interventions reviewing evaluating data recording statistics creating detailed reports recommending action following performance monitoring patient satisfaction surveys improving internal effectiveness transposing effective communication managing their workload effectively Duties include supervising junior occupational therapists' caseload management adhering policy procedures conduction person centred practices responding client concerns building networks advocating occupational rights respecting clients decisions promoting rehabilitation encouraging empowerment adopting best practice reinforcing individuals capacity getting the right results practically demonstrating possibilities growing self beliefs autonomy resilience dignity improve services carers policies home keeping same familiar full individuals benefit from receiving adequate thought processing thinking guiding exceptional insightful knowledge assistance input bridging gaps acknowledges outcomes community individual overall ability progression advocacy need exists demand focus earning empowered growth setting importance reaching purpose constantly competing treat selves showing talents crafting patients expertise dealing better exciting trajectories expanding starts noteworthy tracks eye lives vision amaze balancing temperaments respond final expectations asserting role standard standout contextual assists older ordered structured avoided stand contain words undertaking preserve diversity ours preventing reliefs settings many end.',