Senior Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist (Adult Mental Health)

Location: Nenagh

Contract type: 1 year contract, Part time, 28 hours per week.

Salary: Aligned with HSE pay scales

Excel Healthcare are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapists to join a Community Mental Health team in Nenagh, this is a four-day week position.

Role:

The Community Adult Mental Health Occupational Therapist will be an active member of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in the community Team in Nenagh.

We are looking for a CORU registered Senior Occupational Therapists with demonstrable skills, enthusiasm and compassion to work with service users who have a range of complex mental health needs and who is focussed on supporting service user to recover.

Primary Duties:

• Be responsible for the maintenance of standards of practice of self and staff appointed to clinical / designated area(s)
• Be responsible for managing own caseload and for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment programmes for service users according to service standards
• Participate in the integrated discharge planning process in line with the HSE Code of Practice
• Be responsible for the day-to-day running of a designated service area(s) by supervising staff, prioritising and allocating work and promoting positive staff morale and team working in conjunction with the Occupational Therapist Manager
• In conjunction with the Occupational Therapist Manager lead service planning by anticipating the changing needs of the service and service users
• Foster and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, front line managers, and other healthcare personnel in the team
• Ensure the quality of documentation of all assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, reports and discharge summaries are in accordance with local service and professional standards
• Communicate verbally and / or in writing results of assessments, treatment / intervention programmes and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy
• Participate in teams as appropriate, communicating and working in co-operation with other team members
• Attend clinics, review meetings, team meetings, case conferences, ward rounds etc. as designated by the Occupational Therapist Manager
• Ensure that staff in the designated service area(s) arrange and carry out duties in a timely manner, within settings appropriate to service user's needs, and in line with local policy/guidelines.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Hold full CORU registration
• Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience in mental health
• One year experience working in adult mental health, preferably.
• Have experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team (highly desirable)
• High level of communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload
• IT skills/knowledge appropriate to the role
• Car owner, full drivers license.

If you are a Senior Occupational Therapist looking to join a friendly, supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

What you need to do now:

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone Apply

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