Occupational Therapist – Community Learning Disability and Autism Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for an experienced and dedicated Occupational Therapist to work in Guernsey on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Occupational Therapist job is £43,954 – £59.343 per annum.

Main Duties:

• To maintain professional standards and behaviour as specified by the Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice (2007) and in accordance with local policies and legislation.
• To adhere to and apply the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Occupational Therapists.
• To work autonomously, managing a defined client group.
• To carry out and record comprehensive assessment and treatment intervention as per legal and professional guidelines and standards and in accordance with local policy
• To formulate and deliver specific Occupational Therapy treatment programmes using evidence based practice and skilled clinical reasoning.
• To work collaboratively with the service user, their carersand the MDT to set agreed realistic goals, actions and outcomes.
• To maintain and develop professional knowledge and be conversant with professional developments, evidencing critical appraisal skills and Continuing Professional Development and sound understanding ofGovernance.To participate in clinical audit as requested.
• To keep up to date with advances in Occupational Therapy to actively promote an understanding of the role ofOccupationalTherapy.
• To participate in staff and service development through attendance at service meetings and in–service training, including taking a lead in facilitating such events and presenting information as appropriate
• To contribute towards the evaluation of the service through audit and the use of outcome measures and in–service research projects. Where appropriate tohave a role inimplementing those which have an occupational therapy element.
• To actively influenceand participate inservice improvements andimprove and maintainquality standards.
• To comply with organisational policies relating to Equal Opportunities, Data Protection and Health and Safety at Work legislation.
• To undertake other appropriate additional duties as required by theA dult Community Learning Disability and Autism team manageror ADS service manager.
• To ensure compliance with the Health and Social Services Department’s Health and Safety Policy and any departmental policy

Requirements of the Occupational Therapist:

• Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Current HCPC registration.
• Evidence of CPD in accordance with HCPC and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) guidelines.
• Knowledge and experience of community integration, enabling purposeful occupation.
  
• Knowledge and understanding of application of the Occupational Therapy process, including assessments and interventions relevant to Learning Disability (LD) & Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
  
• The ability to contribute the specialist skills of an Occupational Therapist to the multi– disciplinary team (MDT).
  
• Experience working as a Learning Disability & AutismOccupational Therapist.
• Broad knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches inLearning Disability & Autism Occupational Therapy
• Experience incommunityintegration.
• Experience in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Experience in Sensory Integrationapproaches. 

Contact:

This Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.