Job summary
We have a permanent full time vacancy for an Occupational Therapy Assistant at The Willows, LE5 0LE. This is an exciting opportunity to join the mental health rehabilitation pathway offering support and mental health rehabilitation focused interventions for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties during admission.
Are you able to demonstrate experience and ability in both supporting patients with and assessing functional / cognitive skills and difficulties.
We would welcome applications from those with experience of working with adults with severe and enduring mental health diagnosis in an MDT. Ideally you will have worked with Occupational Therapists previously and give evidence of understanding the theory, skills and working practices of OT or those who can demonstrate enthusiasm and motivation to work with our client group showing transferrable skills from other adult healthcare services.
You will be able to deliver individual treatment plans which
enable service users to develop or maintain their functional / cognitive skills and
abilities using graded/adaptive strategies during their recovery. You will be able to demonstrate how you would use your own physical skills to help maintain or regain functional ability to our patients.
You must be able to demonstrate risk awareness. Contributing to the MDT in managing
risk and risk assessments.
Main duties of the job
This post is a permanent full-time position at
37.5 hours per week between 8.30 to 4.30 Monday to Friday.
The successful candidate will work in an MDT team with Band 6, Band 5 Occupational Therapists & Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistants to provide information to the qualified staff to ensure we deliver appropriate OT Assessments and interventions to patients using Functional, Psycho-social, Cognitive and Physical Health approaches.
This role also incorporates the requirement of either being a qualified gym instructor L2 or willing and able to complete the training. The gym instructor will be required to utilise our gym equipment for patient use, demonstrate to patients the correct techniques for use of the equipment, design short exercise programmes and be responsible for monitoring use of all equipment in the gym.
You will also benefit from free parking on our sites.
About us
Here at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT), our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
- Please be aware that the present time Leicestershire Partnership Trust does not offer Visa support for Band 3 roles, which includes this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
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more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click
onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Is able to evidence knowledge of SMI within an adult patient group and discuss how the symptoms may affect functionality in activities of daily living, motivation and engagement.
- Give evidence of an understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy.
- Has computer literacy skills, experience of IT and digital technology.
- Demonstrates effective written, verbal & non-verbal communication skills.
- Give evidence on how they would use their experience to pass on functional skills to others and evaluate the patient competence and safety.
- Give examples on how to instruct patients in relation to therapeutic interventions in the domains of functional skills, motivation, personal management, cognitive strategies, roles/routines, work ability, social ability, community engagement.
- Give evidence of an understanding of personal boundaries and be able to demonstrate risk awareness and risk management strategies.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths.
- Care Certificate (or willing to undertake this qualification as role essential)
- Gym Instructor Level 2 certification (or willing and able to undertake this qualification as role essential)
Desirable
- RQF Level 3 qualifications or demonstrated ability and commitment to achieve a relevant Level 3 qualification.
- Level 3 apprenticeship, such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship (or other Level 3 qualification pathway).
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate knowledge of severe mental health conditions and the impact this can have on a person's daily living skills.
- Give evidence of experience in facilitating group work or 1:1 interventions such as meal preparation, cooking, budgeting, gardening, exercise, relaxation, community access and personal care tasks with adults with complex mental health needs.
- Have experience and be able to demonstrate functional skills in activities of daily living and being able to transfer these skills/knowledge to our service users, as required.
- Give evidence of being able to carry out tasks independently, reliably and consistently as agreed and under the supervision of the Occupational Therapists.
- Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary healthcare team and be able to interact effectively with team members from all disciplines.
- Demonstrate an understanding of risk and risk management.
- Give evidence of motivation with a genuine desire to work the adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
- Give evidence of ability to cope with unpredictable situations at times.
Desirable
- Willing to drive the unit car for community access if required.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Is able to evidence knowledge of SMI within an adult patient group and discuss how the symptoms may affect functionality in activities of daily living, motivation and engagement.
- Give evidence of an understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy.
- Has computer literacy skills, experience of IT and digital technology.
- Demonstrates effective written, verbal & non-verbal communication skills.
- Give evidence on how they would use their experience to pass on functional skills to others and evaluate the patient competence and safety.
- Give examples on how to instruct patients in relation to therapeutic interventions in the domains of functional skills, motivation, personal management, cognitive strategies, roles/routines, work ability, social ability, community engagement.
- Give evidence of an understanding of personal boundaries and be able to demonstrate risk awareness and risk management strategies.
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths.
- Care Certificate (or willing to undertake this qualification as role essential)
- Gym Instructor Level 2 certification (or willing and able to undertake this qualification as role essential)
Desirable
- RQF Level 3 qualifications or demonstrated ability and commitment to achieve a relevant Level 3 qualification.
- Level 3 apprenticeship, such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship (or other Level 3 qualification pathway).
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate knowledge of severe mental health conditions and the impact this can have on a person's daily living skills.
- Give evidence of experience in facilitating group work or 1:1 interventions such as meal preparation, cooking, budgeting, gardening, exercise, relaxation, community access and personal care tasks with adults with complex mental health needs.
- Have experience and be able to demonstrate functional skills in activities of daily living and being able to transfer these skills/knowledge to our service users, as required.
- Give evidence of being able to carry out tasks independently, reliably and consistently as agreed and under the supervision of the Occupational Therapists.
- Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary healthcare team and be able to interact effectively with team members from all disciplines.
- Demonstrate an understanding of risk and risk management.
- Give evidence of motivation with a genuine desire to work the adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
- Give evidence of ability to cope with unpredictable situations at times.
Desirable
- Willing to drive the unit car for community access if required.
