Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our established Occupational Therapy Service which is part of the Older Adults Intensive Home Treatment Team.
The purpose of the IHTT is to assess and intensively treat older people at home, to prevent admission to hospital or to facilitate timely discharge from inpatient care.
Occupational Therapists, along with the multidisciplinary team, are responsible for the clinical care pathway of service users by undertaking evidence-based assessment, intervention and discharge planning. The post holder will work as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team and be responsible for assessing, treating, rehabilitating and evaluating client care within the IHTT.
Important information about Sponsorship - we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role at the current time.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake new assessments and co-ordinate crisis interventions which will ensure the older person is supported at home whilst meeting their mental health needs.
- To manage a complex clinical caseload, which will involve positive risk taking and managing high risk/crisis situations within a range of settings.
- To work as a member of the MDT providing specialist OT advice and occupational and generic risk assessment and management.
- To support the development of evidence-based OT practice.
- To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, work and leisure.
- To carry out generic initial screening and assessments.
- To contribute to service development.
- To work independently without direct supervision as an autonomous practitioner.
- To ensure that up to date electronic [RIO] and paper records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
- To participate in research/audit activities.
- To supervise the work of Band 5 OTs, OTAs, OT students and volunteers.
- Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
- To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Role
- To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To manage effective discharge ensuring service user and all relevant agencies are given relevant information.
- To contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
- To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques.
- To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions.
- To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times.
- To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and identify outcomes.
- To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability.
- To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions for home environment.
- To identify appropriate & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Role
- To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To manage effective discharge ensuring service user and all relevant agencies are given relevant information.
- To contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
- To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques.
- To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions.
- To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times.
- To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and identify outcomes.
- To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability.
- To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions for home environment.
- To identify appropriate & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Registered with HCPC
- Relevant degree or graduate diploma
Desirable
- Interest in undertaking further relevant studies/training courses
- Fieldwork Educators training / past experience of taking students
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience as an OT including a minimum of 2 years mental health experience
- Post registration experience of working with older adults
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate understanding of assessing and delivery of OT provision
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting OT and social inclusion
- Experience of working in a Multi-Discplinary Team
Desirable
- Experience supporting junior colleagues
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Registered with HCPC
- Relevant degree or graduate diploma
Desirable
- Interest in undertaking further relevant studies/training courses
- Fieldwork Educators training / past experience of taking students
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience as an OT including a minimum of 2 years mental health experience
- Post registration experience of working with older adults
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate understanding of assessing and delivery of OT provision
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting OT and social inclusion
- Experience of working in a Multi-Discplinary Team
Desirable
- Experience supporting junior colleagues
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.
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
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.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bexleyheath Centre, 4 Emerton Close, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8DX
4 Emerton Close
Bexleyheath
DA6 8DX
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
