Job Description

Role Overview

To oversee and deliver high quality evidence-based practice and embed the Occupational Therapy process within LD CAMHS.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake occupation focused assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of treatment for service users. Utilising additional assessments within the area of clinical specialism.
• Contribute to and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment and formulation. Providing specialist occupation-based advice and formulation.
• Participate/lead on developments within the service by using outcome measures and engaging in Quality Improvement projects (both locally and Trust wide).
• Monitor the practice of junior staff and learners, identifying any learning and development needs in respect of their clinical skills base.
• Deputise for Therapy/Clinical Leads where appropriate.

Clinical Responsibilities

• To embed the Occupational Therapy process into the clinical area.
• To screen or undertake a form of initial assessment of all/referred service users to determine whether Occupational Therapy input is required and prioritise referrals by need.
• To utilise both standardised and non-standardised assessments (as identified by the service and required by the Trust professional leads) to inform treatment. For example, Remotivation Process, functional, daily living or vocational assessments.
• To use outcome measures to demonstrate changes in a service users function and/or presentation as a minimum at start and end of intervention. For extended pieces of work the outcome measure should be completed more frequently which will be determined locally.
• To work collaboratively with service users to set treatment goals and document on the service users core care plan.
• Where appropriate, to undertake ADL assessments and home visits as part of the Occupational Therapy process.
• Undertake clinical risk assessment and management in relation to Occupational Therapy interventions and contribute to wider MDT risk assessment and management for complex cases.