Job summary
Occupational Therapist
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Would you like to work for an Outstanding Trust that values its staff? Are you committed to the delivery of high quality patient care; and are you keen to be part of a friendly and progressive integrated community team where your ideas and opinions are valued?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join the established Occupational Therapy team in Older Adults Mental Health Service. This service supports people with severe and enduring mental health conditions in Towerhamlets.
We are looking for someone who understands mental health, can work with individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions. The post holder will be responsible for providing Occupational Therapy intervention under the guidance of the Senior Occupational Therapist in the community.
Main duties of the job
You need to be responsive, have strong assessment skills with a personalised approach for a wide range of needs/conditions. You will then develop, implement, manage and review the planned recommendations.You will need skills in moving and handling, risk assessing and identifying solutions to reduce risk.
You will work closely alongside all members of the therapy team, as well as the wider multi-disciplinary workforce across Towerhamlets, building close links with professionals and services required to wrap around the needs of each individual to provide a holistic approach.
You will supervise qualified and unqualified staff within the team, supporting them to provide an excellent level of service to the local population. There is also an expectation to support student placements with opportunities to mentor OT apprentices as guided by Senior staff
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
Occupational Therapists play a key role in shaping and developing the service provided and so there will be opportunities to develop the role and service in a collaborative approach with multidisciplinary team and the acute settings.
As an organisation we embracecontinuous improvementand value creative thinking, innovation and continuous learning. There are opportunities to be involved in quality improvement projects co led with services users to help improve the needs of the population we serve.
We recognise the need for development and career progression, so we offer internal and external training courses for clinical development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Occupational Therapists play a key role in shaping and developing the service provided and so there will be opportunities to develop the role and service in a collaborative approach with multidisciplinary team and the acute settings.
As an organisation we embracecontinuous improvementand value creative thinking, innovation and continuous learning. There are opportunities to be involved in quality improvement projects co led with services users to help improve the needs of the population we serve.
We recognise the need for development and career progression, so we offer internal and external training courses for clinical development.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDiploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- oHCPC Registration
Desirable
- oMember of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- oPractice Placement Educators Training
Experience
Essential
- oPost qualification in clinical mental health setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
- oExperience of CPD and role development activities and quality improvement
- oExperience in assessment and handling complex cases
- oAbility to independently manage a complex clinical caseload
- o To have developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs.
- o Analytical and clinical reasoning skills to assess clients' complex needs (including risk assessment) and complete a holistic formulation to guide interventions with significant support and supervision
- oAbility to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations.
- oAbility to plan, prioritise and coordinate a range of complex activities in relation to clinical work
- oAbility to communicate complex and specialist information with OT staff and other professionals including, chairing meetings, training and presentations
- oAbility to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with client's who have serious mental health problems
- o Ability to liase with other services, statutory and non-statutory around clinical issues
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
Desirable
- oExperience of staff/student supervision
Skills
Essential
- Have a full UK appropriate drivers licence and access to a car
- Able to travel throughout Bedfordshire in a timely and effective way to meet unpredictable service demands
- Good IT skills (Word, Excel, virtual platforms and systmone
- Work with clients, families, carers and other professionals of those that are terminally ill
- Fit and demonstrate the use of equipment
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to equality and diversity
- Ability to analyse results of assessments and arrange/change OT interventions accordingly
- Ability to lead and motivate othersommunication skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions that affect physical conditions
- Detailed understanding of a wide range of physical medical conditions
Desirable
- Have an understanding of Sepsis and other sudden, potentially critical onset conditions
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oDiploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- oHCPC Registration
Desirable
- oMember of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- oPractice Placement Educators Training
Experience
Essential
- oPost qualification in clinical mental health setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
- oExperience of CPD and role development activities and quality improvement
- oExperience in assessment and handling complex cases
- oAbility to independently manage a complex clinical caseload
- o To have developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs.
- o Analytical and clinical reasoning skills to assess clients' complex needs (including risk assessment) and complete a holistic formulation to guide interventions with significant support and supervision
- oAbility to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations.
- oAbility to plan, prioritise and coordinate a range of complex activities in relation to clinical work
- oAbility to communicate complex and specialist information with OT staff and other professionals including, chairing meetings, training and presentations
- oAbility to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with client's who have serious mental health problems
- o Ability to liase with other services, statutory and non-statutory around clinical issues
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
Desirable
- oExperience of staff/student supervision
Skills
Essential
- Have a full UK appropriate drivers licence and access to a car
- Able to travel throughout Bedfordshire in a timely and effective way to meet unpredictable service demands
- Good IT skills (Word, Excel, virtual platforms and systmone
- Work with clients, families, carers and other professionals of those that are terminally ill
- Fit and demonstrate the use of equipment
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to equality and diversity
- Ability to analyse results of assessments and arrange/change OT interventions accordingly
- Ability to lead and motivate othersommunication skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions that affect physical conditions
- Detailed understanding of a wide range of physical medical conditions
Desirable
- Have an understanding of Sepsis and other sudden, potentially critical onset conditions
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).
