Occupational Therapist

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Job Description

To provide a quality, evidence -based Occupational Therapy service to children and young adults with primary intellectual disabilities, psycho-social, sensory and physical impairments in consultation with their families, carers and staff.
To provide an occupational therapy service including assessment, intervention, programme planning, monitoring, consultation and/or onward referral services, as appropriate.
To prioritise together with the Manager in order to optimise the quality, efficacy and equity of the service provided.
To manage a big clinical caseload, exercising advanced clinical reasoning, in making autonomous decisions and judgements on a daily basis. This involves acting within clinical knowledge base, to prioritise (in consultation with your Manager), to implement assessment, diagnostic formulation; care planning, intervention and discharge.
To assess and recommend appropriate occupational therapy programs, environmental adaptations, activities, skill development and adaptive aids taking into account person centred needs, staff/carer needs, environment and available resources.
To communicate with each department in a professional manner and comply with company regulations

Qualifications

Hold an Occupational therapy qualification recognised by the Occupational Therapy Registration Board at CORU.
3 years of experience working with children/young adults with disabilities (Desirable)

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