Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

Job Details: Working hours: 08:30 - 16:30 Contract Type: Permanent Job Summary: Our client are a independent specialist day college for young people with learning disabilities and difficulties. The college offers a wide range of programmes that are tailored to each individual’s needs. Landmarks operates from several sites across; Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, with our main site located in Eckington. They have several satellite provisions in Rotherham, Nottingham city Centre and a “real-life” hospitality and catering facilitate in Rainworth, Mansfield. These environments enable us to provide a range of personal and vocational training opportunities We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic team Your responsibilities will include, but are not restricted to: • To lead the occupational therapy team including service development, clinical governance and professional standards for the occupational therapy service to the learners and their family/carers. • To share responsibility for all monitoring and quality assurance activity and play an integral role in developing staff and raising standards across the College in relation to areas of occupational therapy practice. • To carry out occupational therapy service audits to influence financial budgets. • To develop and review the relevant policies and procedures relevant to clinical area. • To develop and lead on training programmes relevant to clinical area across the whole college. • To lead on and quality assure for discipline the assessment, recording and reporting of learner progress. • To be involved in external professional development forums, potentially including research and external presenting. • To be responsible for monitoring the delivery of provision to ensure that delivery complies with the schedule agreed with the funding body. • Establishing and maintaining external relationships, including co-ordination and quality monitoring of community working agreements across the different boroughs ensuring a holistic approach for learners attending the college. • Co-ordination of submission of written reports for learner review meetings • To use a person centered approach to promote choice, control, and independence, reflecting the key principals of Valuing People (DOH 2002), Valuing People Now and the Human Rights Act and working towards the Preparing for Adulthood Agenda, in order to enable the learner to achieve his/her academic, social and employment potential. • To maintain and model the highest level of respect at all times for learners and their families, modelling person centered and collaborative working, at all times promoting learners human's rights, dignity and individual choices. • To work with external agencies (e.g. Schools, work placements, social services, community learning disability teams etc.) to ensure a smooth transition of learner’s sensory, upper limb, seating and skill development information and equipment, both into and when leaving the college. • The post involves managing and developing College Occupational Therapy offer, to provide a high quality service to learners. In addition the post holder is responsible for promoting positive health and providing a comprehensive holistic service to the learners. • To assess learner’s sensory, upper limb/ fine motor, seating, activity/ ADL participation and learning environment needs using a range of formal and informal assessments and observations and manage diverse clinical caseload independently. • To keep up to date with current and new manual handling techniques in order to design appropriate moving and handling guidelines for learners to access personal care who have significant physical disabilities in addition to their learning disability, using a range of techniques and equipment ensuring safe practice. To plan, implement, and review person-centred individual and/or group interventions, which aim to improve functional abilities and participation in college-related learning activities as well as everyday life. • To monitor, evaluate and modify intervention in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention. • To enable teaching and support staff to deliver the curriculum at an appropriate sensory and skill development level through contributing to support plans, planning & delivering staff training, coaching and reflecting with staff and class observations. • To contribute towards team and college development plans in the area of Occupational Therapy. • To take responsibility for a designated clinical area as requested by the Director of Learner Welfare and Progression. e.g. To lead on policy / clinical pathway development or a project area. • To ensure effective joint working practice between integrated services team and education, health, social services, voluntary sectors and learner’s families where necessary, to overcome limitations learners may encounter. • To ensure that all learners have access to specialist equipment, adapted or assistive devices and / or regulation equipment being aware of financial implications and restrictions, new developments in specialist equipment and making onwards referrals to specialist external services where necessary. • To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out duties and to adhere to relevant policies, including competence to use equipment and ensuring the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training, and supervision of practice. • To plan and deliver training in sensory, functional support, travel training and skill development to education staff, and work places, as indicated. • To promote learner choice, self-advocacy and independence, working under the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (2005). • To contribute towards EHCP reports and contribute to reviews and attend Multi-Disciplinary meetings as necessary. • To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with Royal College of Occupational Therapists and Health & Care Professions Council professional standards. • To measure and record outcomes of Occupational Therapy interventions. • To be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries • To supervise junior clinical staff as requested. • To access the appropriate professional support/ supervision required, demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor and continually update professional knowledge in line with the evidence base, including attending relevant Clinical Excellence / Special Interest Network Groups in relevant areas. • To identify personal/professional development targets as part of the annual appraisal framework. • To participate in Occupational Therapy learner placements and contribute to the assessment of learners. • To explain the role of Occupational Therapists to education staff, families, visitors, learners and volunteers and attend open days and parent’s evenings as requested. • To maintain up to date HCPC and RCOT registration and adhere to RCOT & HCPC Professional and Clinical Standards and Code of Conduct as well as National and Local Clinical Guidelines • To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects as required. • To be professionally accountable for the provision of clinical supervision to occupational therapists and therapy assistants in the team in own clinical area, motivating and empowering them to deliver excellent standards of care and service. • To monitor and drive forward team competency, effectiveness and efficiency. • To establish and oversee university learner placements at the college. • To provide leadership and development of appropriate clinical discipline linked to the whole College curriculum for learners, ensuring that learning experiences are organised to support the development of the individual learner. • To demonstrate the ability to use professional knowledge and experience to influence decision-making processes in order to improve outcomes for learners and staff. • To share knowledge with less experienced staff. • To demonstrate clear clinical leadership and be a positive role model. • To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines, confidentiality and appropriate consent. • To travel to other Landmarks sites as requested. • To quickly act/act in a timely manner in all cases relating to Adults at Risk (Safeguarding Adults) and Child Protection. The post holder must be fully conversant with all policies (and practice issues/and responses required) relating to adult and child protection matters that impacts on their practice. • To adhere to all relevant college policies, e.g. Health & Safety, Equality and Diversity. • To undertake such other duties of a similar nature from time to time as may be required by the Principal Essential Candidate Criteria: * Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy * HCPC Registration * UK Driving License and use of own car * Significant postgraduate experience in the application of the OT process within Learning Disabilities and/or with clients with autism, sensory or emotional and behavioural needs * Relevant other experience * Evidence of CPD * Ability to supervise junior staff * Presenting and delivering training Other requirements of the post: • This post involves working with learners who may exhibit behaviours of concern. In order to ensure the safety of the post holder and others, the post holder must be able to participate fully in training provided in de-escalation and physical interventions and be able to carry out agreed Physical Intervention procedures at work and to respond to challenging behaviour in accordance with College policies and procedures to minimise potential risk. • Given the nature of the client group, the post holder may be expected to undertake basic manual handling training provided by OHCAT and carry out manual handling techniques as required. • The post holder should expect exposure to saliva and bodily fluids within the course of their work. • The post holder should be prepared to work in all College centres within own scope of practice (as well as other community spaces such as learner’s work experience and leisure venues & learner’s home and be willing to undertake competency development to work in various clinical areas • May be required to attend residential trips and / or college open days that fall on weekends once a year. • No annual leave to be taken in term time. Benefits: • Westfield Health Scheme following a successful probation. • Life cover following a successful probation. • Standard life pension. • 30 days holiday – plus bank holidays (pro rata – 52-week employees) - addition of 1 extra day’s holiday after your third anniversary, up to a maximum of 5 additional days Blackstone Benefits: Permanent jobs: ✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant ✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs ✅Complete onboarding support ✅Informed tailored career advice ✅Personalised job alerts ✅Unlimited referral bonus For further information on this role, please contact Amelia Toovey at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now