Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist
Location: Jersey
Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Full time, 08:00 am - 20:00 pm, 7 days per week as per rostering system
Salary: £59,717 - £65,805 per annum
Job Overview:
Sanctuary Personnel are seeking a dedicated and experienced Occupational Therapist Senior II for a rotational role. This position offers the opportunity to manage a defined caseload, providing evidence-based, client-centred Occupational Therapy. Your interventions will include assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, carried out in various settings such as hospitals, community environments, and home visits.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a defined caseload, delivering evidence-based Occupational Therapy following client-centred principles.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the outcomes of interventions, documenting all stages of the process.
- Develop skills and knowledge through participation in the Preceptorship Programme and other post-graduate opportunities.
- Participate effectively as a full member of the multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to the education of occupational therapy students.
Job Specific Outcomes:
- Work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, establishing effective relationships with colleagues to benefit client treatment in each setting.
- Provide support, advice, and education to relatives and carers of clients.
- Review and reflect on own practice and performance through professional and operational supervision and the Personal Development Review process.
- Maintain a professional portfolio for continuing professional development in accordance with Health Professions Council Standards of Practice.
- Participate in the delivery of service improvement plans for occupational therapy.
- Plan and provide appropriate therapy services for clients referred, in consultation with users, carers, and the clinical team.
- Work in accordance with local and Royal College of Occupational Therapy policies and procedures.
- Plan, evaluate, and audit practice, clinical pathways, and protocols in conjunction with senior staff as required by the service and Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
- Respond promptly to referrals according to clinical area referral priorities and procedures.
- Use a recovery-based approach and be socially inclusive in practice.
- Liaise closely with other disciplines and agencies to ensure clients’ ongoing and additional needs are met.
- Transfer knowledge and experience of physical health problems and their treatments into the mental health setting and vice versa.
- Promote the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people, and adults, accessing training and supervision as appropriate.
- Contribute to the induction, training, and education of occupational therapy students, staff, volunteers, and visitors as required.
- Actively participate in a Personal Development Review (appraisal) and the development and implementation of a personal development plan.
- Ensure professional standards are maintained and statutory and mandatory training is up to date.
- Ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with safeguarding policies and interagency procedures.
Person Specification:
- Flexibility in work setting and prioritising tasks with competing demands from staff and clients.
- Independent working and use of initiative within professional guidelines, with regular supervision from a line manager or Senior Occupational Therapist.
Qualifications:
- Professional Qualification (Degree or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
- Professional Registration with HCPC
- RCOT membership
Knowledge:
- Understanding the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Awareness of assessing, managing, and preventing risk in the working environment
- Knowledge of clinical governance principles and their application
- Familiarity with practice standards and the Code of Conduct of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and HCPC standards
- Specialist knowledge of OT assessment and intervention relevant to the client group
- Ability to work within organisational policies and meet the diverse needs of patients
Technical Skills:
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records in English
- IT literacy
- Ability to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and manage stressful, emotional, or aggressive situations empathetically
General Skills/Attributes:
- Organisational and problem-solving abilities
- Clear and logical presentation of information, both written and oral
- Ability to function effectively in various environments (e.g., ward, department, patient’s homes)
- Enthusiasm, adaptability, flexibility, and ability to use own initiative
- Team player with reliability and a keen interest in learning
- Ability to maintain a work-life balance and build rapport
Experience:
- Completed a broad range of clinical placements
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
Why Join Our Client?
They offer a wide range of opportunities to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills, and develop your career. They actively seek to recruit people from diverse backgrounds, fostering a richer environment with new ideas and perspectives. Here, you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
Apply now through Sanctuary Personnel.
