Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist

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Job summary

Occupational Therapist, Band 6 Permanent, part time - 22.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Occupational Therapist in Oaktree Lodge, Memorial Hospital. Oaktree Lodge is an older adults mental health rehabilitation service providing care and treatment for those aged 65 and over with complex mental health presentations. The post holder will work part time (22.5hrs/0.6wte) providing OT assessment and interventions as part of the multi disciplinary on Oaktree Lodge,.

The team is a friendly and supportive and welcome new staff and the ideas and skills they bring.

SOUTH LONDON PARTNERSHIP

The South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, delivering mental health services to a population of more than three million people. The partnership brings together clinical expertise, experience and innovation, aiming to improve quality, use resources most effectively, and deliver best practice consistently to all patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with our occupational therapist assistant and contribute to the development and delivery of occupational therapy interventions.

The post involves a mix of opportunities including:

Occupational Therapy Activities of Daily Living assessments, treatment, and intervention on an individual and group basis.
Providing clinical input to complex cases
Group interventions such as: creative activities, fitness activities, healthy and wellbeing, music, gardening, relaxation.
1:1 intervention to build on functional and social skills; structure a routine and making links into the community.
Promoting social inclusion and community connections

This post is based at Oaktree Lodge, an open mental health rehabilitation in-patient unit serving South London as part of the South London Partnership.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

22 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-5523552-AAC

Job locations

Oaktree Lodge, Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill Road

London

SE18 3RZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To manage a clinical caseload of complex cases
To work as a member of the OT Service
To assist to plan, co-ordinate and oversee the running of the OT service.
To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to:

-Self care

-Work

-Leisure

To contribute to service development
To participate in research/audit activities

To supervise the work of an Occupational Therapy Assistant based on the ward.
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
To work independently without direct supervision
To work across multiple wards
To attend a range of meetings as required

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To manage a clinical caseload of complex cases
To work as a member of the OT Service
To assist to plan, co-ordinate and oversee the running of the OT service.
To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to:

-Self care

-Work

-Leisure

To contribute to service development
To participate in research/audit activities

To supervise the work of an Occupational Therapy Assistant based on the ward.
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
To work independently without direct supervision
To work across multiple wards
To attend a range of meetings as required

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years experience of working in a mental health / Social care setting or equivalent qualification

Skills

Essential

Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion

Qualifications

Essential

Further post-graduate training + extensive experience + evidence of CPD

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

At least 2 years experience of working in a mental health / Social care setting or equivalent qualification

Skills

Essential

Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion

Qualifications

Essential

Further post-graduate training + extensive experience + evidence of CPD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oaktree Lodge, Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill Road

London

SE18 3RZ

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oaktree Lodge, Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill Road

London

SE18 3RZ

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)