Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 (1.0 wte) Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist (OT) to our established Occupational Therapy Team which provides a service across Lancashire and South Cumbria to service users with a learning disability who present with risk of hospital admission, placement breakdown or forensic risk.
The post will be as part of the Community Forensic Learning Diability Service based in Leyland. The CFLDS is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Support Workers. You will be expected to work in all areas of Lancashire and South Cumbria and liaise with the local Learning Disability, Mental Health and Autism services to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support.
We deliver a variety of OT assessments and interventions to enable a shared understanding of an individual's volition, personal skills set, occupational and environmental needs across a range of community settings and support models with the aim to address barriers to participation and balance, occupational associated risk and reducing restrictive practice where possible. We also offer advice and consultation and training to external agencies.
Main duties of the job
Provide high quality consultation, specialist assessment and intervention in the development of effective clinical services to meet the complex needs of people with behaviour that challenges particularly those whose behaviour places them at risk of hospital admission, placement breakdown or criminal justice intervention.
The Highly Specialist Occupational Therapy role has a clinical and strategic leadership function within CFLDS - offering supervision, support and governance to OT colleagues and contribution to the CFLDS senior leadership team. You will provide leadership and highly specialised clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy focusing on rehabilitation and recovery through meaningful occupation based on evidence-based practice.
You will contribute to service development, both within CFLDS and externally to improve services working with the referred client group.
The postholder will undertake wider CFLDS duties, which may include completion of urgent assessments including risk assessments, chairing meetings and undertaking team duty / responder role. You may be required to participate in on-call arrangements for CFLDS as per business continuity plans.
You must be willing to travel across Lancashire and South Cumbria working with a number of partner agencies including health, social care and the Criminal Justice agencies. You will be required to work primarily 9-5, Monday to Friday.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities:
To carry a clinical caseload and operate as the Occupational Therapy Lead for the Community Forensic Learning Disability Servcice; supporting people with a learning disability who are at risk of hospital admission, criminal justice intervention or placement breakdown in the community.
Provide leadership and highly specialised clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy focusing on rehabilitation and recovery through meaningful occupation based on evidence-based practice.
To provide clinical and managerial supervision to OT colleagues and students.
Ensure an occupational balance in self-care, productivity and leisure activities for individuals following a range of occupational therapy and sensory assessments to determine function and provide specific interventions with individual goals and outcome measures.
Support the development of independent living skills, including vocations oremployment, which promotes social inclusion and improves quality of life, reducing the risk of occupational deprivation.
Utilise core skills of collaboration, assessment, enablement, problem-solving, using activity as a therapeutic tool including activity analysis, adaptation and grading and environmental adaptation and group work when appropriate.
Use a range of assessments tools within a model of practice and frames of reference alongside the Occupational Therapy process.
To undertake a thorough highly specialist assessment of new referrals using a range of tools that requires skilled interpretation and analysis.
To provide comprehensive risk assessment of offending and / or other complex behaviours and provide risk management strategies and recommendations.
Following assessment to derive a formulation and plan of intervention negotiating this with the service user, the MDT and carers where appropriate.
To provide a range of appropriate highly specialist evidence-based interventions based of the assessed need of the referral.
To evaluate the outcome of any interventions.
To undertake on occasions urgent or emergency assessments, including riskassessments.
To provide recommendations for a gate keeping assessment where appropriate.
To develop complex service specifications and ensure they inform future practice.
Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Please note, the attached job description relates to roles across Mersey Care Trust.
Applicants for this role are expected to have specific experience and interest in supporting individuals with a learning disability and / or autistic people who may present risks to themselves and / or others. Experience of Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-agency working in community settings is essential for the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities:
To carry a clinical caseload and operate as the Occupational Therapy Lead for the Community Forensic Learning Disability Servcice; supporting people with a learning disability who are at risk of hospital admission, criminal justice intervention or placement breakdown in the community.
Provide leadership and highly specialised clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy focusing on rehabilitation and recovery through meaningful occupation based on evidence-based practice.
To provide clinical and managerial supervision to OT colleagues and students.
Ensure an occupational balance in self-care, productivity and leisure activities for individuals following a range of occupational therapy and sensory assessments to determine function and provide specific interventions with individual goals and outcome measures.
Support the development of independent living skills, including vocations oremployment, which promotes social inclusion and improves quality of life, reducing the risk of occupational deprivation.
Utilise core skills of collaboration, assessment, enablement, problem-solving, using activity as a therapeutic tool including activity analysis, adaptation and grading and environmental adaptation and group work when appropriate.
Use a range of assessments tools within a model of practice and frames of reference alongside the Occupational Therapy process.
To undertake a thorough highly specialist assessment of new referrals using a range of tools that requires skilled interpretation and analysis.
To provide comprehensive risk assessment of offending and / or other complex behaviours and provide risk management strategies and recommendations.
Following assessment to derive a formulation and plan of intervention negotiating this with the service user, the MDT and carers where appropriate.
To provide a range of appropriate highly specialist evidence-based interventions based of the assessed need of the referral.
To evaluate the outcome of any interventions.
To undertake on occasions urgent or emergency assessments, including riskassessments.
To provide recommendations for a gate keeping assessment where appropriate.
To develop complex service specifications and ensure they inform future practice.
Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Please note, the attached job description relates to roles across Mersey Care Trust.
Applicants for this role are expected to have specific experience and interest in supporting individuals with a learning disability and / or autistic people who may present risks to themselves and / or others. Experience of Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-agency working in community settings is essential for the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
- Evidence of post qualification study/short courses and Continuing Professional Development
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Desirable
- PostGraduate Certificate in Occupational Therapy, Leadership and/or Organisational Change up to Master level Practice Placement Educator Training
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Current legislation and national initiatives related to older adults with mental health problems
- Clinical and environment assessment & management of clinical risk
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by Mental Health Act 2007)
- Knowledge of Mental Health Capacity Act 2005
- Minimum of three years post qualifying experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Supervision of staff and students
- Development of Occupational Therapy services
- Application of Occupational Therapy Models of Practice and Standardised Assessments & Outcome Measures
- Involvement in research and clinical audit
Desirable
- AMPS training
- OCAIRS
- MOHOST
- VQ
- ACIS
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Psycho-Social Intervention
- Experience of working with older adults with mental health problems
- Line-management of staff
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Records (EPR) system
- Understanding and use of the Model of Human Occupation and its associated assessment tools and outcome measures
Skills
Essential
- Leadership Qualities
- Managerial Skills
- Ability to provide training, advice and guidance to staff/service users
- Ability to complete assessments and clinical reports in line with the CPA process and Royal College of Occupational Therapy guidance
- Demonstrates depth of clinical skills and implementation Occupational Therapy clinical practice and ability to hold a complex caseload
- Ability to identify and implement clinical and service developments
- Ability to be an effective role model
- Ability to work autonomously as well as effectively with team members and other agencies
- Clear effective written & verbal communication
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Designing and implementing research projects
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
- Evidence of post qualification study/short courses and Continuing Professional Development
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Desirable
- PostGraduate Certificate in Occupational Therapy, Leadership and/or Organisational Change up to Master level Practice Placement Educator Training
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Current legislation and national initiatives related to older adults with mental health problems
- Clinical and environment assessment & management of clinical risk
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by Mental Health Act 2007)
- Knowledge of Mental Health Capacity Act 2005
- Minimum of three years post qualifying experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Supervision of staff and students
- Development of Occupational Therapy services
- Application of Occupational Therapy Models of Practice and Standardised Assessments & Outcome Measures
- Involvement in research and clinical audit
Desirable
- AMPS training
- OCAIRS
- MOHOST
- VQ
- ACIS
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Psycho-Social Intervention
- Experience of working with older adults with mental health problems
- Line-management of staff
- Familiar with Electronic Patient Records (EPR) system
- Understanding and use of the Model of Human Occupation and its associated assessment tools and outcome measures
Skills
Essential
- Leadership Qualities
- Managerial Skills
- Ability to provide training, advice and guidance to staff/service users
- Ability to complete assessments and clinical reports in line with the CPA process and Royal College of Occupational Therapy guidance
- Demonstrates depth of clinical skills and implementation Occupational Therapy clinical practice and ability to hold a complex caseload
- Ability to identify and implement clinical and service developments
- Ability to be an effective role model
- Ability to work autonomously as well as effectively with team members and other agencies
- Clear effective written & verbal communication
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Designing and implementing research projects
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own and others performance
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
