Job summary
East London NHS Foundation Trust is excited to expand their static inpatient mental health posts and also their mix rotation with the Homerton University Trust. We are looking for newly qualified and also experience Occupational Therapists who are keen to gain clinical experience as a Band 5 within forward thinking and supportive therapy Services. You will be part of well led, dynamic and friendly teams consisting of multidisciplinary practitioners, who constantly strive for integrated working optimising patient care and team morale.
Main duties of the job
To carry out OT process, assessing individuals from the point of admission, identifying appropriate and relevant intervention.
To work closely with the ward and community team and Occupational Therapy department. Clinical work includes 1:1 and group work, with responsibility for the ward based OT group provision.
To actively participate in B5 preceptorship
All wards/teams work together to achieve both positive patient experience and outcomes. In all areas you will be able to access senior Occupational Therapists for professional supervision and opportunities for clinical and professional training and development.
Working as an autonomous clinician under supervision, and as an integral part of the Multidisciplinary team (MDT) you will be responsible for assessing patients, discussing patient agreed goals and expectations, deliver skilled treatments and provide education for patients and carers. You will also be responsible for ensuring safe and timely discharges for patients in each of the clinical areas.
Our ideal candidate will be qualified (or about to be) and applied/applying for state registered as an Occupational Therapist.
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
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDiploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration
Desirable
- oMember of RCOT
- oFurther training in relevant area
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience in a clinical mental health setting, learning disabilities setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Desirable
- oExperience of CPD and role development
- oExperience in a mental health setting or working with offenders
- oExperience of supervising unqualified / junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oClinical reasoning skills to assess service users' needs (including risk assessment) and guide interventions.
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to manage distressing clinical interactions with service user's with severe personality disorder.
- oAbility to deal with conflict on a clinical and organisational level.
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to manage a clinical caseload under supervision
- oAbility to prioritise activities in relation to clinical work.
- oAbility to liaise with other services around clinical issues.
- oTo have knowledge pertaining to the theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice including the Model of Human Occupation and apply them in a mental health setting.
Desirable
- oAbility to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations under supervision.
- oTo have knowledge of the needs and rights of service users and / or carers in a mental health setting.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDiploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration
Desirable
- oMember of RCOT
- oFurther training in relevant area
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience in a clinical mental health setting, learning disabilities setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Desirable
- oExperience of CPD and role development
- oExperience in a mental health setting or working with offenders
- oExperience of supervising unqualified / junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oClinical reasoning skills to assess service users' needs (including risk assessment) and guide interventions.
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to manage distressing clinical interactions with service user's with severe personality disorder.
- oAbility to deal with conflict on a clinical and organisational level.
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to manage a clinical caseload under supervision
- oAbility to prioritise activities in relation to clinical work.
- oAbility to liaise with other services around clinical issues.
- oTo have knowledge pertaining to the theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice including the Model of Human Occupation and apply them in a mental health setting.
Desirable
- oAbility to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations under supervision.
- oTo have knowledge of the needs and rights of service users and / or carers in a mental health setting.
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).
