Senior Practitioner Occupational Therapy

This is a new and exciting post created within the Bolton Specialist CMHT's to enhance the support offered to service users to promote recovery and optimum independence.

• Provide clinical and professional leadership, supervision, support, and consultation to occupational therapy staff and MDT colleagues in line with CMHT pathways and operational procedures.
• Lead an identified cluster with a focus on OT and recovery-based interventions, holding a small caseload of OT‑specific and generic work.
• Support the care group AHP lead in the operational and strategic development of the OT service.
• Maintain effective liaison with primary care, GP practices, and local statutory and non‑statutory agencies.
• Adhere to RCOT Codes of Ethics and Professional Standards and HCPC registration requirements, ensuring compliance of others.
• Maintain clinical competence, using evidence‑based, client‑centred practice to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate interventions, and record all work in line with CMHT procedures.
• Participate in the operational on‑call rota and deputise for the CMHT Team Manager, undertaking delegated duties as required.