Advanced Clinical Specialist - Occupational Therapist - Discharge Team

• To act as an expert source of knowledge, offering specialist clinical advice and support to other healthcare professional and agencies across organisational boundaries. • To work autonomously to manage a defined highly complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team. • To provide clinical leadership and support junior staff and assistants, through case supervision, and the development and monitoring of competencies. • To utilise highly advanced communication skills to ensure clinical advice and treatment programmes are delivered sensitively, taking into consideration the needs of carers. • To gain consent for treatment and motivate patients to comply with treatment programmes, overcoming barriers such as dementia, cognitive impairment, hearing, visual or speech impairment. • To comply with the Mental Capacity Act to gain valid and informed consent to specific treatment and intervention for patients who lack capacity to consent themselves. • To undertake highly specialist clinical assessment, taking into account all relevant information and clinical reasoning to formulate evidence based individualised treatment plans in agreement with the patient. • To take the lead for clinical audit and research within a highly specialist field of practice, developing clinical practice and treatment outcomes. • To actively contribute innovate ideas and lead on the development and implementation of service improvements. • To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to decisions with regard to patient care programmes through attendance at ward rounds, huddles and other multidisciplinary meetings. • To contribute to the development and delivery of service objectives, leading on designated projects • To lead the recruitment of new junior and assistant staff, as delegated by the team leader, including the planning and delivery of the induction programme Job description Job responsibilities • To act as an expert source of knowledge, offering specialist clinical advice and support to other healthcare professional and agencies across organisational boundaries. • To work autonomously to manage a defined highly complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team. • To provide clinical leadership and support junior staff and assistants, through case supervision, and the development and monitoring of competencies. • To utilise highly advanced communication skills to ensure clinical advice and treatment programmes are delivered sensitively, taking into consideration the needs of carers. • To gain consent for treatment and motivate patients to comply with treatment programmes, overcoming barriers such as dementia, cognitive impairment, hearing, visual or speech impairment. • To comply with the Mental Capacity Act to gain valid and informed consent to specific treatment and intervention for patients who lack capacity to consent themselves. • To undertake highly specialist clinical assessment, taking into account all relevant information and clinical reasoning to formulate evidence based individualised treatment plans in agreement with the patient. • To take the lead for clinical audit and research within a highly specialist field of practice, developing clinical practice and treatment outcomes. • To actively contribute innovate ideas and lead on the development and implementation of service improvements. • To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to decisions with regard to patient care programmes through attendance at ward rounds, huddles and other multidisciplinary meetings. • To contribute to the development and delivery of service objectives, leading on designated projects • To lead the recruitment of new junior and assistant staff, as delegated by the team leader, including the planning and delivery of the induction programme