Job summary
Are you excited to work purely as an Occupational Therapist within the Community Mental Health Team, without trying to juggle the split post demands? With a focus on using both your physical and mental health skills? Then this might be the role for you.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate:
- Has a desire to focus on their OT skills while working in a CMHT
- Keen to work holistically; physical and mental health needs
- Experienced Band 5 or 6
- Likes working as part of a big MDT
- Able to work autonomously and manage their workload effectively
- Likes working in an environment of change and the opportunities that brings for improvement and development
- Has ideas and skills to contribute to our OT offer
Our offer to you:
- Practice solely as an OT within a CMHT with no case management
- Receive monthly supervision from the Head OT
- Get involved in the established Research and Development structures in Occupational Therapy, including specialist forums and valuable networks.
- Maintain physical healthcare skills, equipment training.
- Represent OT and the trust by attending conferences and relevant opportunities or events.
- Practice educator opportunities
- Regular OT meetings that include CPD activities such as reviewing new research/articles, sharing best practice, reflective space
- A bespoke 1:1 induction by OT lead tailored to your specific needs.
- A truly inclusive and diverse workspace
- Nationally leading trust wide staff networks
- Staff health and wellbeing schemes
- QI training and support to bring your strengths and skills to service development
- Flexible working
About us
Come and join us and be one of the friendly and supportive 300 Occupational Therapists (OTs) in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas.
You could have a career for life with us and maintain your dual skills.
OT in CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes an AHP director, Trust wide Professional Head of OT, borough and specialist Head OTs. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of our profession at all levels - both strategically and operationally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession and is underpinned by our OT R&D strategy, R& D specialist groups and OT clinical networks. This enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our OTs reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and EBP is made possible by our strong links with local universities.
We actively support the next generation of OTs through apprenticeships, student placements and the promotion of the profession as a career in schools. We are proud of the diversity in our workforce but have invested time in supporting and developing this further through our BAME OT group.
If you are an OT who strives for excellent and wants to develop to your full potential then we would welcome your application.
We recognise that Band 6s are often the backbone of our clinical teams and we will therefore support their development both clinically and managerially. You will have opportunities to supervise staff, be an educator and have access to both internal and external training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession and is underpinned by our OT R&D strategy, R& D specialist groups and OT clinical networks. This enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our OTs reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and EBP is made possible by our strong links with local universities.
We actively support the next generation of OTs through apprenticeships, student placements and the promotion of the profession as a career in schools. We are proud of the diversity in our workforce but have invested time in supporting and developing this further through our BAME OT group.
If you are an OT who strives for excellent and wants to develop to your full potential then we would welcome your application.
We recognise that Band 6s are often the backbone of our clinical teams and we will therefore support their development both clinically and managerially. You will have opportunities to supervise staff, be an educator and have access to both internal and external training.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate experience working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of working with older adults/community mental health teams
- Has demonstrable experience of the assessment and management of risk in a community MH setting
- Experience of leading, managing and running evidence based group activities for service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user
- Experience of working with older adults/community mental health teams
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or Diploma) in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK * In order to remain state registered with the Health Care Professions Council, it is a requirement for all qualified OT staff to undertake post qualification CPD activities which will act as compliance in evidencing "fitness to practice".
- Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice and community OT
- Training in the theory and application of the Model of Human Occupation
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educators Course/Development activities
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs
- Word processing and IT skills
- Proficient standard of written communication skills - able to communicate effectively in both written and spoken English
- Ability to promote & maintain the profile of OT within an MDT & the wider organisation
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to reflect upon and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to identify and assess potential risks involved in work activities for self and others.
- Ability to monitor work areas & practices to maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment
- Ability to adapt own practice & style of working to service requirements
- Applied knowledge of confidentiality & consent issues
- Applied knowledge of current national legislation, policies & guidelines relevant to clinical area
- Ability to work effectively within a team, understanding the importance of collaborative working in the delivery of good quality services
- Ability to apply equal opportunities & anti-discriminatory interventions that respect the service users' customs, values & spiritual beliefs
- Ability to promote a culture of recovery & social inclusion.
- Ability to assess complex health & well being needs/conditions & develop, monitor & review care plans which facilitate the individual's recovery
- Skills in promoting recovery, social inclusion, health promotion & relapse prevention
General
Essential
- Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in the context of best available evidence
- Ability to develop and implement OT specific/clinical protocols
- Ability to plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate clinical service provision
- Ability to assess the work of junior staff and to feedback in a manner most likely to improve and maintain performance
- Ability to interpret & implement National & Professional Policies, Guidelines & Legislation to local practice with guidance from professional lead
- Ability to deal with conflict and resolve difficulties with staff on and individual/team basis, seeking guidance from professional and clinical leads when needed
Desirable
- Political skills e.g. negotiating, influencing etc
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate experience working in a range of mental health settings
- Experience of working with older adults/community mental health teams
- Has demonstrable experience of the assessment and management of risk in a community MH setting
- Experience of leading, managing and running evidence based group activities for service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user
- Experience of working with older adults/community mental health teams
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or Diploma) in Occupational Therapy
- Registration to practice in the UK * In order to remain state registered with the Health Care Professions Council, it is a requirement for all qualified OT staff to undertake post qualification CPD activities which will act as compliance in evidencing "fitness to practice".
- Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice and community OT
- Training in the theory and application of the Model of Human Occupation
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educators Course/Development activities
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs
- Word processing and IT skills
- Proficient standard of written communication skills - able to communicate effectively in both written and spoken English
- Ability to promote & maintain the profile of OT within an MDT & the wider organisation
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to reflect upon and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to identify and assess potential risks involved in work activities for self and others.
- Ability to monitor work areas & practices to maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment
- Ability to adapt own practice & style of working to service requirements
- Applied knowledge of confidentiality & consent issues
- Applied knowledge of current national legislation, policies & guidelines relevant to clinical area
- Ability to work effectively within a team, understanding the importance of collaborative working in the delivery of good quality services
- Ability to apply equal opportunities & anti-discriminatory interventions that respect the service users' customs, values & spiritual beliefs
- Ability to promote a culture of recovery & social inclusion.
- Ability to assess complex health & well being needs/conditions & develop, monitor & review care plans which facilitate the individual's recovery
- Skills in promoting recovery, social inclusion, health promotion & relapse prevention
General
Essential
- Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in the context of best available evidence
- Ability to develop and implement OT specific/clinical protocols
- Ability to plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate clinical service provision
- Ability to assess the work of junior staff and to feedback in a manner most likely to improve and maintain performance
- Ability to interpret & implement National & Professional Policies, Guidelines & Legislation to local practice with guidance from professional lead
- Ability to deal with conflict and resolve difficulties with staff on and individual/team basis, seeking guidance from professional and clinical leads when needed
Desirable
- Political skills e.g. negotiating, influencing etc
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).
