Job summary
Occupational Therapist Community or Inpatient
This is a 12 month fixed term or secondment opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to work in Bow and Poplar Neighborhood Mental health team (NMHT). The NMHT is a vibrant community team offering integrated mental health and social care to residents in Tower Hamlets.If you are interested in joining a dynamic and supportive clinical and management team, are action oriented and excited to use your Occupational therapy skills to make a difference in peoples lives, this is for you!
There is a second Band 6 post available in the Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health Inpatient Occupational Therapy Team, this post will include a Community component and we will be interviewing with both posts in mind.
For queries or to arrange a visit please contact Community Lead for OT Louise Blanks Louise.blanks@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Occupational therapy assessment and intervention.
Act as the named Health Care Professional for people where occupational function is the main area of difficulty.
Brief treatment and assessment (ABT) including adult assessments (care acts) and safeguarding enquiries.
Supervison of the OT Technician,employment specialists and community connectors at the NMHT.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for Occupational Therapy provision for the NMHT.
Offer clincial and managerial supervision to support staff in the NMHT including the OT technician.
In line with the integrated function of the NMHT undertake safeguarding enquires, adult care assessments and care and support plans.
To work along side colleagues at the NMHT including duty work, ABT assessment and intervention, contributions to the discharge of inpatients at THCMH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for Occupational Therapy provision for the NMHT.
Offer clincial and managerial supervision to support staff in the NMHT including the OT technician.
In line with the integrated function of the NMHT undertake safeguarding enquires, adult care assessments and care and support plans.
To work along side colleagues at the NMHT including duty work, ABT assessment and intervention, contributions to the discharge of inpatients at THCMH.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDegree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- oHCPC Registration
- oMember of British Association of Occupational Therapy o
- oRelevant CPD and role development activities
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educator Training
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of community mental health occupational therapy, or equivalent relevant experience
- oEvidence of Service Development activities
- oExperience of staff/student supervision
- oExperience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
- oExperience of individual and group work
- oExperience of managing own caseload
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oKnowledge of applied social, health and medical sciences including psychology, anatomy, physiology and sociology
- oKnowledge of how mental health difficulties impact upon occupational functioning and performance
- oKnowledge of current National legislation, policies and guidelines relevant to adult community mental health and their application
- oWorking knowledge of Clinical Governance and its application
- oKnowledge of RCOT standards of practice and their application
- oKnowledge of Equal Opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- oOccupational, mental health and vocational assessment skills
- oSpecialist clinical skills to carry out OT and mentl health interventions: therapeutic and activity-based interventions; remedial training and cognitive behavioural interventions and psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions
- oSpecialist Health Promotion and rehabilitation skills in order to promote social inclusion and prevent relapse and hospitalisation
- oTo have developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs
- oAbility to evaluate the effectiveness of OT interventions including knowledge of outcome measures
Desirable
- oAbility to undertake clinical risk assessment
- oAbility to plan, prioritise and coordinate clinical service provision
- oAbility to undertake supervision
- oAbility to communicate difficult information
- oAbility to plan and work with statutory and non-statutory services around clinical issues
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to maintain the profile of OT within a MDT and the organisation
- oKnowledge of Quality Improvement (QI) approaches
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDegree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- oHCPC Registration
- oMember of British Association of Occupational Therapy o
- oRelevant CPD and role development activities
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educator Training
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of community mental health occupational therapy, or equivalent relevant experience
- oEvidence of Service Development activities
- oExperience of staff/student supervision
- oExperience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
- oExperience of individual and group work
- oExperience of managing own caseload
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oKnowledge of applied social, health and medical sciences including psychology, anatomy, physiology and sociology
- oKnowledge of how mental health difficulties impact upon occupational functioning and performance
- oKnowledge of current National legislation, policies and guidelines relevant to adult community mental health and their application
- oWorking knowledge of Clinical Governance and its application
- oKnowledge of RCOT standards of practice and their application
- oKnowledge of Equal Opportunities, confidentiality and consent issues
- oOccupational, mental health and vocational assessment skills
- oSpecialist clinical skills to carry out OT and mentl health interventions: therapeutic and activity-based interventions; remedial training and cognitive behavioural interventions and psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions
- oSpecialist Health Promotion and rehabilitation skills in order to promote social inclusion and prevent relapse and hospitalisation
- oTo have developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs
- oAbility to evaluate the effectiveness of OT interventions including knowledge of outcome measures
Desirable
- oAbility to undertake clinical risk assessment
- oAbility to plan, prioritise and coordinate clinical service provision
- oAbility to undertake supervision
- oAbility to communicate difficult information
- oAbility to plan and work with statutory and non-statutory services around clinical issues
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to maintain the profile of OT within a MDT and the organisation
- oKnowledge of Quality Improvement (QI) approaches
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).
