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Working within the Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCMHT), the post holder will be an independent expert forensic practitioner managing a variety of conditions which are often complex and challenging and provide a specialist occupational therapy clinical lead within a designated area. This will involve specialist assessment, treatment and evaluation on the efficacy of service user care, both individually and in groups. Whilst identifying physical, mental and behavioural and risk barriers. Standardised clinical tools will be utilised where the post holder has identified their appropriateness using specialist knowledge. The post holder will provide specialist professional advice to other disciplines, carers and agencies. The post holder will be required to engage with the wider multi-disciplinary team and to work across agencies to deliver packages of care in the role of occupational therapist and/or keyworker and/or care manager including mental health assessments, risk assessment, offender behaviour work and psycho-social interventions. The post holder will contribute to the evaluation and development of the occupational therapy service within their designated area with reference to clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and national policies and drivers. This will require the post holder to lead on departmental and team projects. The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of junior staff as part of supervision systems, including clinical workload and supervision of under and post graduate pre-registration students as required. The post holder will also be involved in the education of other staff and agencies.
Informal Contact: Cheryl McMorris, Tel No: 0141 232 6426 or Moira Paterson, Tel No: 07770448374
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
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