Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated individual to join our dynamic team and take the role of CAMHS Inpatient Occupational Therapist (Development Role).
Lavender Walk is a busy and friendly service which welcomes new skills and new ideas. It is part of Central & North West London (CNWL) Foundation Mental Health Trust and is situated in Kensington & Chelsea (South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, 1 Nightingale Place, London, SW10 9NG) with close transport links and local amenities.
We are a 12 bed General Adolescent Unit (GAU) that cares for young people between the ages of 13-18 years old, with complex mental health needs and emotional difficulties. We serve young people from Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and Hounslow.
The team is made up of two Consultant Psychiatrists (one of which is the Clinical Lead), Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Therapies Lead), Matron (Clinical Unit Manager), Ward Manager, Qualified Nurses, Nurse Associates, Health Care Assistants, Speciality Doctors, Junior Doctors, Occupational Therapist, Art Therapist, Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, Speech and Language Therapist, Clinical Psychologists, Systemic Family Psychotherapists, Social Worker, Activity Coordinator, Fitness Instructor and Teaching staff.
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Main duties of the job
The post would suit a registered OT practitioner (band 5) who has successfully completed their profession specific preceptorship and/or has relevant experience in their field and is ready to gain experience in a defined clinical specialism.
Working as a band 5 OT practitioner the post holder will be supported/required to meet a set of OT band 6 competencies, profession specific competencies and service specific competencies. The post holder will progress to a specialist OT practitioner (band 6) when they have been signed off as a fully competent autonomous practitioner, across the scope of the role.
We are looking for a motivated individual who is enthusiastic, forward thinking, and adaptable to work within our well established and welcoming multi-disciplinary team. In your role you will provide individual Occupational Therapy interventions and group work, using assessment tools and recovery principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment. You will work closely with the Lead Occupational Therapist to facilitate and help innovate the unit's therapeutic and activity programme. You will also have opportunities to provide supervision of fieldwork placements to Occupational Therapy students. There are established links and network meetings with other Occupational Therapists within the CAMHS & ED Service Line and CNWL, with opportunities for continued professional development.
About us
CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes in people's lives, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community.
Our base is in the Chelsea area, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Thanks to the heavy NHS influence many local cafes, restaurants and bars give discounts at 10-20% to all NHS staff. As well as Better Gym offering a 50% discount to all staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for young people in an inpatient setting in order to establish and meet their occupational needs.
- To select and use validated standardised assessment tools routinely and in practice, exhibiting clinical reasoning skills; to include the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments.
- To apply clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches and in line with the Trusts Research and Development Strategy.
- To deliver therapeutic input in a variety of environments, including the facilitation of community access, when appropriate.
- To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches.
- To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with young people, carers and other professionals.
- To apply a level of understanding of the effects of mental illness in adolescence and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the young persons social and physical environment.
- To determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on a young persons functional ability and, where relevant, undertake assessment/make recommendations.
- To be aware of medication issues in line with the CNWL OT Medication Management guidelines.
- To proactively undertake and ensure rigorous risk assessment & risk management strategies are applied. To ensure maximum risk tolerance facilitates the individuals recovery, in line with risk policies and local guidelines.
- To work in partnership with other agencies and offer supervision and guidance to external agencies as required.
- For Practitioners to be aware of and sensitive to the safeguarding needs of children and adults in their work, and knowledgeable both about potential indicators of abuse or neglect and about what to do if they had concerns about a child's or adult's welfare.
- To provide OT consultation to other professionals within the team.
- To offer regular monitoring of mental state.
- To facilitate effective links with community resources in order that a socially inclusive focus towards treatment and discharge planning is maintained.
- To facilitate smooth transitions between the ward and community settings for young people being discharged from the ward.
Communication
- To demonstrate excellent communication skills and form positive therapeutic relationships using warmth and empathy, enabling young peoples empowerment.
- To establish and maintain effective communication networks with young people, with complex learning, emotional and behavioural needs, their families/carers, other professionals and agencies in order to ensure a comprehensive and consistent approach to care.
- To demonstrate skills and resourcefulness in communication when barriers to understanding are present, including utilising interpreting resources.
- To promote the role of OT within Lavender Walk, representing an OT clinical perspective in all clinical meetings.
- To confidentially handle and liaise regarding sensitive issues and information with other services such as GPs, CAMHS, Police, etc
- To attend and contribute to OT specific meetings and Team clinical and business meetings.
- To work in close co-operation with OT colleagues within the Trust contributing to relevant OT business/training meetings, both locally and trust-wide.
- To provide feedback, to OT and MDT colleagues, from specialist interest groups and committees.
- To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs, utilising advice and support from a supervisor/team leader/ senior therapist to resolve if necessary.
Documentation
- To ensure timely, accurate and informative details of clinical assessments, interventions and contacts are recorded within the electronic clinical records. All of which meet all standards, according to Trust policy, CQUIN targets and HCPC guidance.
- To provide timely, comprehensive, clearly written occupational therapy reports on service users assessments and treatments.
- To maintain accurate supervision records (students) as defined in the Trust OT Guidelines, including the maintenance of a supervision record log.
Leadership/Management
- To inform the MDT regarding services to meet the individuals occupational needs (for example community resources).
- To offer support and guidance to unqualified and less experienced staff
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment by others.
Clinical Governance
- To comply with and implement relevant national policy legislation and guidance taking a lead on translating such documents into occupational therapy practice.
- To apply national and Trust wide guidelines/standards of practice; in line with Trust and the College of Occupational Therapists standards and guidelines.
- To work with the service line / borough frameworks to implement the care quality agenda.
- To act as an autonomous clinician, assuming accountability for own clinical practice.
- To maintain and observe confidentiality of all information relating to service users as detailed in the Confidentiality Policy and Caldicott Principles; and to adhere to CNWL Information Governance Policy.
Service Delivery and Development
- To ensure that all assessments and interventions comply with the teams identified package of care.
- To safeguard the health, safety and welfare of young people at all times.
- To encourage and support MDT colleagues to practice within a personal recovery framework which supports social inclusion and self-management.
- To contribute as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, to the delivery of operational service/team objectives.
- To offer occupational therapy/professional advice to other MDT service colleagues as indicated.
Research & Development
- To participate in local and Trust-wide OT service activities that promote and contribute to the building of knowledge and evidence base for the benefit of the professional body of occupational therapy. To include making use of the support networks available throughout the Trust which have been established in partnership with the UK Centres for Outcomes in Research & Education (UKCORE) forums and sub groups; and MDT team training sessions.
- To undertake, participate in and disseminate research and audit activities in line with local service priorities and the Trusts OT R&D Strategy.
- To take a lead, within the MDT, in promoting a culture that focuses on all young peoples occupational needs, recovery principles and social inclusion.
Personal and Professional Development
- To keep abreast of changing occupational therapy clinical practice, new developments, evidence based practice and research.
- To undertake the Preceptorship process as outlined by COT guidelines and CNWL Trust policy, as appropriate.
- To contribute to activities, which continue to build on a culture of, shared learning and evidence based practice.
- To undertake activities of Continuous Professional Development including identifying own learning needs and recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.
- To participate in local and trust wide OT service activities that promote and contribute to the building of knowledge and evidence base for the benefit of the professional body of occupational therapy e.g. link forums, R&D clinical sub groups etc.
- To assume personal responsibility for maintaining a working knowledge of new statutory guidelines that influence clinical practice.
- To ensure timely booking and attendance of mandatory and statutory training. Failure to do this may preclude further learning and development opportunities.
- To maintain a professional knowledge base and act as a resource to others regarding specialist areas of expertise i.e. occupational therapy, health promotion, recovery and social inclusion.
- To review and reflect on own occupational therapy performance through effective use of professional supervision, operational management supervision, CPD opportunities and annual appraisal; ensuring own learning and development needs are identified.
- To evaluate own delivery and to be accountable for own professional actions and decisions, and recognise own professional boundaries seeking advice as appropriate from supervisor/ team leader.
Staff & Students
- To undertake an accredited fieldwork educator course in order to be an approved practice placement educator for OT students.
- To deliver and actively participate in internal OT and team CPD sessions, sharing skills and knowledge with colleagues.
- To act as a practice placement educator for OT students, providing supervision, and attending all relevant meetings and liaising with universities as appropriate.
- To be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of a minimum of fourteen weeks per academic year for occupational therapy students on practice placement.
- To deliver learning and development opportunities about OT to students and staff from other professions.
- To provide and contribute to the induction of students.
Professional Ethics
- To apply expert skills and knowledge to demonstrate professional competence and fitness to practice as an occupational therapist; as required by the Health Professions Council.
- To comply with the COT Code of ethics and Professional Conduct, HPC Professional Standards and CNWL Mental Health Trust Policies.
- To maintain an awareness and working knowledge of other professionals ethical guidelines within the Team to enable ethical inter-professional working.
- To maintain knowledge of national and international legislation that effects clinical practice such as the Human Rights Act, Childrens Act, Care in the Community Act, Carers Act etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for young people in an inpatient setting in order to establish and meet their occupational needs.
- To select and use validated standardised assessment tools routinely and in practice, exhibiting clinical reasoning skills; to include the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments.
- To apply clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches and in line with the Trusts Research and Development Strategy.
- To deliver therapeutic input in a variety of environments, including the facilitation of community access, when appropriate.
- To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches.
- To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with young people, carers and other professionals.
- To apply a level of understanding of the effects of mental illness in adolescence and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the young persons social and physical environment.
- To determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on a young persons functional ability and, where relevant, undertake assessment/make recommendations.
- To be aware of medication issues in line with the CNWL OT Medication Management guidelines.
- To proactively undertake and ensure rigorous risk assessment & risk management strategies are applied. To ensure maximum risk tolerance facilitates the individuals recovery, in line with risk policies and local guidelines.
- To work in partnership with other agencies and offer supervision and guidance to external agencies as required.
- For Practitioners to be aware of and sensitive to the safeguarding needs of children and adults in their work, and knowledgeable both about potential indicators of abuse or neglect and about what to do if they had concerns about a child's or adult's welfare.
- To provide OT consultation to other professionals within the team.
- To offer regular monitoring of mental state.
- To facilitate effective links with community resources in order that a socially inclusive focus towards treatment and discharge planning is maintained.
- To facilitate smooth transitions between the ward and community settings for young people being discharged from the ward.
Communication
- To demonstrate excellent communication skills and form positive therapeutic relationships using warmth and empathy, enabling young peoples empowerment.
- To establish and maintain effective communication networks with young people, with complex learning, emotional and behavioural needs, their families/carers, other professionals and agencies in order to ensure a comprehensive and consistent approach to care.
- To demonstrate skills and resourcefulness in communication when barriers to understanding are present, including utilising interpreting resources.
- To promote the role of OT within Lavender Walk, representing an OT clinical perspective in all clinical meetings.
- To confidentially handle and liaise regarding sensitive issues and information with other services such as GPs, CAMHS, Police, etc
- To attend and contribute to OT specific meetings and Team clinical and business meetings.
- To work in close co-operation with OT colleagues within the Trust contributing to relevant OT business/training meetings, both locally and trust-wide.
- To provide feedback, to OT and MDT colleagues, from specialist interest groups and committees.
- To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs, utilising advice and support from a supervisor/team leader/ senior therapist to resolve if necessary.
Documentation
- To ensure timely, accurate and informative details of clinical assessments, interventions and contacts are recorded within the electronic clinical records. All of which meet all standards, according to Trust policy, CQUIN targets and HCPC guidance.
- To provide timely, comprehensive, clearly written occupational therapy reports on service users assessments and treatments.
- To maintain accurate supervision records (students) as defined in the Trust OT Guidelines, including the maintenance of a supervision record log.
Leadership/Management
- To inform the MDT regarding services to meet the individuals occupational needs (for example community resources).
- To offer support and guidance to unqualified and less experienced staff
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment by others.
Clinical Governance
- To comply with and implement relevant national policy legislation and guidance taking a lead on translating such documents into occupational therapy practice.
- To apply national and Trust wide guidelines/standards of practice; in line with Trust and the College of Occupational Therapists standards and guidelines.
- To work with the service line / borough frameworks to implement the care quality agenda.
- To act as an autonomous clinician, assuming accountability for own clinical practice.
- To maintain and observe confidentiality of all information relating to service users as detailed in the Confidentiality Policy and Caldicott Principles; and to adhere to CNWL Information Governance Policy.
Service Delivery and Development
- To ensure that all assessments and interventions comply with the teams identified package of care.
- To safeguard the health, safety and welfare of young people at all times.
- To encourage and support MDT colleagues to practice within a personal recovery framework which supports social inclusion and self-management.
- To contribute as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, to the delivery of operational service/team objectives.
- To offer occupational therapy/professional advice to other MDT service colleagues as indicated.
Research & Development
- To participate in local and Trust-wide OT service activities that promote and contribute to the building of knowledge and evidence base for the benefit of the professional body of occupational therapy. To include making use of the support networks available throughout the Trust which have been established in partnership with the UK Centres for Outcomes in Research & Education (UKCORE) forums and sub groups; and MDT team training sessions.
- To undertake, participate in and disseminate research and audit activities in line with local service priorities and the Trusts OT R&D Strategy.
- To take a lead, within the MDT, in promoting a culture that focuses on all young peoples occupational needs, recovery principles and social inclusion.
Personal and Professional Development
- To keep abreast of changing occupational therapy clinical practice, new developments, evidence based practice and research.
- To undertake the Preceptorship process as outlined by COT guidelines and CNWL Trust policy, as appropriate.
- To contribute to activities, which continue to build on a culture of, shared learning and evidence based practice.
- To undertake activities of Continuous Professional Development including identifying own learning needs and recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.
- To participate in local and trust wide OT service activities that promote and contribute to the building of knowledge and evidence base for the benefit of the professional body of occupational therapy e.g. link forums, R&D clinical sub groups etc.
- To assume personal responsibility for maintaining a working knowledge of new statutory guidelines that influence clinical practice.
- To ensure timely booking and attendance of mandatory and statutory training. Failure to do this may preclude further learning and development opportunities.
- To maintain a professional knowledge base and act as a resource to others regarding specialist areas of expertise i.e. occupational therapy, health promotion, recovery and social inclusion.
- To review and reflect on own occupational therapy performance through effective use of professional supervision, operational management supervision, CPD opportunities and annual appraisal; ensuring own learning and development needs are identified.
- To evaluate own delivery and to be accountable for own professional actions and decisions, and recognise own professional boundaries seeking advice as appropriate from supervisor/ team leader.
Staff & Students
- To undertake an accredited fieldwork educator course in order to be an approved practice placement educator for OT students.
- To deliver and actively participate in internal OT and team CPD sessions, sharing skills and knowledge with colleagues.
- To act as a practice placement educator for OT students, providing supervision, and attending all relevant meetings and liaising with universities as appropriate.
- To be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of a minimum of fourteen weeks per academic year for occupational therapy students on practice placement.
- To deliver learning and development opportunities about OT to students and staff from other professions.
- To provide and contribute to the induction of students.
Professional Ethics
- To apply expert skills and knowledge to demonstrate professional competence and fitness to practice as an occupational therapist; as required by the Health Professions Council.
- To comply with the COT Code of ethics and Professional Conduct, HPC Professional Standards and CNWL Mental Health Trust Policies.
- To maintain an awareness and working knowledge of other professionals ethical guidelines within the Team to enable ethical inter-professional working.
- To maintain knowledge of national and international legislation that effects clinical practice such as the Human Rights Act, Childrens Act, Care in the Community Act, Carers Act etc.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- oHealth Professionals Council (HPC) registered Occupational Therapist.*or eligible for/awaiting registration
- oEvidence of completed profession specific preceptorship/or relevant experience in their field.
Desirable
- oEvidence of CPD and self-directed learning
Previous Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working in the UK or similar health economy as a registered OT.
- oUndergraduate experience in mental health
- oExperience in /knowledge of using a range of standardised OT assessments
- oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and environment
- oExperience of managing a caseload
Desirable
- oEvidence of post registration training/qualification
- oExperience in acute mental health.
- oExperience in working with children and young people
- oExperience of using a range of OT Assessments
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oClear concept of Occupational Therapy and models of practice
- oGood communication skills within various networks of disciplines.
- oAble to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload
- oIndividual and group work skills.
- oAble to work creatively to engage patients.
- oExperience of promoting recovery and social inclusion
- oAn awareness of the CQC (Care Quality Commission) and its function
- oDemonstrates flexibility, problem solving, initiative and leadership skills
- oAble to demonstrate clinical and professional development
- oAbility to supervise and support junior staff
- oDemonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- oHealth Professionals Council (HPC) registered Occupational Therapist.*or eligible for/awaiting registration
- oEvidence of completed profession specific preceptorship/or relevant experience in their field.
Desirable
- oEvidence of CPD and self-directed learning
Previous Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working in the UK or similar health economy as a registered OT.
- oUndergraduate experience in mental health
- oExperience in /knowledge of using a range of standardised OT assessments
- oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and environment
- oExperience of managing a caseload
Desirable
- oEvidence of post registration training/qualification
- oExperience in acute mental health.
- oExperience in working with children and young people
- oExperience of using a range of OT Assessments
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oClear concept of Occupational Therapy and models of practice
- oGood communication skills within various networks of disciplines.
- oAble to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload
- oIndividual and group work skills.
- oAble to work creatively to engage patients.
- oExperience of promoting recovery and social inclusion
- oAn awareness of the CQC (Care Quality Commission) and its function
- oDemonstrates flexibility, problem solving, initiative and leadership skills
- oAble to demonstrate clinical and professional development
- oAbility to supervise and support junior staff
- oDemonstration of knowledge of standards of practice, evidence and best practice guidelines.
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
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lavender Walk Adolescent Unit, 1 Nightingale Place London SW10 9NG
1 Nightingale Place
London
SW10 9NG
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
