Specialist Children and Adult’s Occupational Therapist

Job Overview

As a Specialist Children’s and Adult’s Occupational Therapist you will be working with direct and indirect support from a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist. You will also undertake a supervisor role for newly qualified Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Student Occupational Therapists. You will be responsible with managing your own caseload and diary.

This opportunity is community based therefore a driving license and access to your own car is essential. Day to day responsibilities of the role and characteristics of an ideal candidate include:

• Ability to engage with clients and families of a range of ages, experiencing a wide range of diagnoses and needs. Including but not limited to, Sensory Processing Difficulties, Dyspraxia, Autistic Spectrum Condition, Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome.
• Confidence with process of gathering information and building a therapeutic rapport with those using the service. 
• Competence utilising standardised assessments to produce professional reports and provide feedback to parents to discuss Occupational Therapy outcomes and recommendations.
• Ability to form strong work relationships with external professionals within the Local Authority or Case Management Companies, to support clients with the Occupational Therapy Process. 
• Ability to clinically reason the most appropriate intervention to achieve goals, relating to several areas of occupational engagement. Including but not limited to handwriting difficulties, issues with coordination, fine and gross motor skills, concentration levels, physical strength and fatigue or sensory processing differences.
• Being a role model for Manchester Occupational Therapy Services within local schools, while facilitating Service Level Agreements and providing school based assessments and interventions. 
• Building rapport with school staff and liaising with SENCOs, Teachers, and Parents in relation to the necessary support provided.
• Duty of care as per RCOT and HCPC guidelines to keep up to date clinical records for all clients seen across the wide range of environments, management of these records is essential as well as ensuring written consent is gained prior to any therapy involvement. 
• Delegation of suitable tasks to an Occupational Therapy Assistant to support management of caseload and prioritisation of clients.

ADDITIONAL CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE:

• You must have evidence of post graduate training engagement. 
• Within the role you will have a responsibility to actively engage in clinical supervision on a regular basis with your clinical supervisor. Informal supervision can also be sought.
• To seek out training or educational opportunities that directly support progression within your role and relating to appraisal goals, while enhancing the company.
• To show dedication to seeking out CPD opportunities and keeping up to date with your personal CPD record.
• To actively engage in researching up-to-date evidence to be used as clinical foundation for intervention planning and delivery.
• To engage in reflective practice in order to evaluate progression.
• To engage in the appraisal process and be responsible for identifying and fulfilling goals set within this.

PROFESSIONAL/ORGANISATIONAL

• HCPC registration and RCOT membership essential. To practice within the guidelines set out by organisational and professional bodies.
• To communicate effectively with clients, families and other professionals through a range of methods (report writing, verbal, email, telephone etc).

• Demonstrate effective time management and organisational skills during management of own workload and to be flexible in working patterns to support the needs of clients and the overall business.

• Responsible for complying with all mandatory training requirements.

• Contribution to service developments.

WHY CHOOSE MOTS?

• Excellent supervision structure for new starters and existing staff.

• Numerous company benefits including free onsite parking and healthcare.

• An ambitious and supportive team with a wide variety of expertise.

• Teamwide in-service training days and personal training opportunities.

• Allocated CPD time upon request.

• Paid Christmas shutdown inclusive of 30 days annual leave, with a view to increase after 3 years in service.

• Free refreshments onsite.

• Mileage reimbursed monthly at a rate of 0.45p per mile.