Job summary
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is welcoming all AHP's to join an innovative and rapidly growing Acute and Urgent Care Service Line.
This is an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (Ward 1) and contribute to the implementation of new systems working within a supportive MDT Team.
The Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 10 bedded unit offering Trust-wide service for male service users. The Occupational Therapist is a key professional contributor to the Acute Care Forum, shaping and monitoring the quality of service provision against set standards. As a key member of the MDT the successful applicant will hold a designated caseload and be able to work independently providing OT specific assessments, addressing occupational performance, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure. The service provision is 24 hours seven days a week. The teams are Multidisciplinary and you will have a role in mentoring and supporting junior staff. There is a team approach to the management of the caseload.
We are a multi-disciplinary service that recognises the need for joint working across many services and by offering specialist bespoke perinatal interventions.
Main duties of the job
You will have excellent assessment, risk managing and communication skills and a commitment to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with service users and carers. You are expected to be confident in decision making and be autonomous in your practice; and responsive to carry out routine and urgent assessments using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessment including MOHO tools.
The successful candidate should have the ability to:
- Develop competences and expertise in both self and others in order to gain a satisfactory standard and deliver results within agreed timescales.
- Be persistent in problem solving, seeking solutions through the expertise of both self and others, researching the facts with care and resolving problems in a timely and thorough manner.
- Remain self-controlled and be prepared to listen to what others say and feel, deal with conflict in an accommodating manner and use practicality as a method for reaching a solution.
- Provide optimum levels of leadership, if required, encouragement, training and support.
- Mentor, counsel, coach and generally support those who are not confident in their area of competence, building morale and personal esteem and generally encouraging others to give their best performance.
- Be firm and persistent when expressing views and provide thoughts and ideas to overcome problems once the situation has been properly debated.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs and challenging behaviour within psychiatric intensive care, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.
- To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service
- To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement
- To use a range of evidence based Occupational therapy assessments to determine individual patients need, contributing to bespoke and individualised care-plans.
- To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects.
- To participate in and contribute to local service development and strategy.Se
- To contribute to the Trustwide occupational therapy strategy (Model of Human Occupation and Clinical Specialist forums).
- To undertake regular audit and R&D activities.
- To provide training and support across the Trusts Occupational therapy workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs and challenging behaviour within psychiatric intensive care, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.
- To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service
- To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement
- To use a range of evidence based Occupational therapy assessments to determine individual patients need, contributing to bespoke and individualised care-plans.
- To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the service, holding responsibility for defined projects.
- To participate in and contribute to local service development and strategy.Se
- To contribute to the Trustwide occupational therapy strategy (Model of Human Occupation and Clinical Specialist forums).
- To undertake regular audit and R&D activities.
- To provide training and support across the Trusts Occupational therapy workforce.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
- Experience of working in an inter-professional team.
- Experience of working within a multi-agency environment.
- Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural context
- Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
- Experience of individual and groupwork
- Active involvement in service change/development
- Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports
- Experience of clinical audit
- Post-graduate clinical experience highly related to clinical field
Desirable
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Experience of being a practice placement educator
- Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user.
- Experience of publishing own work
- Post-registration research activity
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK
- Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice
- Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
Desirable
- Masters degree in subject relevant to clinical post
- Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment
- Leadership training
- Apple registration
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
- Experience of working in an inter-professional team.
- Experience of working within a multi-agency environment.
- Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural context
- Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
- Experience of individual and groupwork
- Active involvement in service change/development
- Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports
- Experience of clinical audit
- Post-graduate clinical experience highly related to clinical field
Desirable
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Experience of being a practice placement educator
- Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user.
- Experience of publishing own work
- Post-registration research activity
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK
- Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice
- Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
Desirable
- Masters degree in subject relevant to clinical post
- Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment
- Leadership training
- Apple registration
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).
