Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Occupational Therapist
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Senior Occupational Therapist - Band 6
The Intensive Support Team is a multi-disciplinary team at the forefront of Community Learning Disability service delivery and is a progressive and dynamic service. Appropriate support will be provided to ensure that we are supporting people who have a learning disability and whose behaviour may challenge, to remain in the community and avoid an inappropriate hospital admission.
The OT's are an integral part of the team. They:
- Carry out comprehensive specialist assessments for clients with complex presentations, including behaviours that challenge, sensory integration, engagement, Interpret clinical and non-clinical information, using clinical reasoning skills to accurately diagnose and develop specific treatment plans. Such clients may be in their own home, community, in hospital or attending clinics or other out-patient setting.
The senior OT will:
- Carry out comprehensive specialist assessments for clients with complex presentations, including behaviours that challenge, sensory integration, engagement, Interpret clinical and non-clinical information, using clinical reasoning skills to accurately diagnose and develop specific treatment plans. Such clients may be in their own home, community, in hospital or attending clinics or other out-patient setting.
- Provide specialist advice to other professionals and carers or single assessments to meet clients’ holistic care needs.
- Formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practise, national and local guidelines using profession-specific clinical skills and techniques. (e.g. 1:1 interventions, group activities, carer education, patient education).
- Use highly developed skills when assessing and treating clients (e.g. deployment of effective communication strategies, sensory integration therapeutic use of self and moving and handling equipment).
- Negotiate with clients and carers to identify and formulate client-centred goals and demonstrate ongoing evaluation of client progress using agreed outcome measures.
- Contribute to the clinical discharge planning process and onward referral as required.
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At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
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- Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- Staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Paula Kiley
- Job title: Lead OT (IST)
- Email address: Paula.Kiley@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07824 416693
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