Senior Occupational Therapist

Senior Occupational Therapist – Full-time, Specified Purpose

Responsibilities:

· Take responsibility for the development, service delivery and ongoing quality assurance of the Occupational Therapy services in their designated area.

· To review and evaluate the Occupational Therapy Services within their designated area regularly to identify changing needs and to respond accordingly with opportunities to improve services.

· To participate in the multidisciplinary team, communicating and working in co-operation with other disciplines and attend case conferences and Team meetings as necessary.

· To carry an assigned caseload and carryout individual Occupational Therapy assessments as appropriate and develop treatment &intervention programs accordingly. To be responsible for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of such programs

· To actively engage in the delivery and evaluation of The Occupational Therapy Wellness & Recovery Group Program and any other group programs as are deemed appropriate.

· To ensure that professional Occupational Therapy standards are maintained.

· To participate in Performance Development and Review on an annual basis and participate in regular clinical supervision with the Head of Department.

· To direct and supervise Basic Grade Occupational Therapists/Instructors and Occupational Therapy students as appropriate, carrying out probation and performance reviews as appropriate.

Essential Qualifications:

· Applicants must be registered with CORU.

· Have a minimum of three years post qualification experience in Mental Health Occupational Therapy.

· Hold a relevant postgraduate mental health qualification.