Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic,dynamic,and committed Occupational Therapist to join our Broadland Clinicteam at Little Plumstead Hospital. This is a new post created as part of the exciting new co-located low secure and Medium secure unit, with 10 low secure beds and 10 medium secure beds. This is a fantastic career development opportunity to guide the Occupational Therapy service through this transformation. The postholder will work alongside an established and experienced team of clinicians and practitioners to contribute to high-quality service provision, including maintaining a clinical caseload, team leadership, consultation and advice, therapeutic interventions, and delivery of training, all within the overall framework of the service's policies and provision.
Main duties of the job
To provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment interventions for the service users across the Secure services as part of the Occupational Therapy Lead Team, to carry a highly complex caseload as a member of the MDT and to lead in developing the occupational therapy service provision within the Little Plumsted Hospital through audit and evaluation of best practice. To actively link with other local, regional and national services, via the forensic network to advance the evidence base for OT and deepen understanding of its value in your area of practice.
To provide senior OT leadership for a defined geographical and/or practice area and deputise for the Occupational Therapist Professional Lead.
All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job description
Job responsibilities
To review and reflect on personal practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistently reliable attendance.
To lead the day-to-day delivery of OT services within your area of practice including delegation of tasks to staff.
To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.
To lead in the coordination of induction, training and education of students and other staff in this setting as appropriate.
To be responsible in ensuring the supervision of all OT staff as appropriate
To deputise for the OT Professional Lead as required.
To manage a caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal
To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate
To routinely provide detailed feedback to the MDT regarding observed occupational performance throughout contact, which inform ongoing assessment and therapeutic intervention.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To review and reflect on personal practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistently reliable attendance.
To lead the day-to-day delivery of OT services within your area of practice including delegation of tasks to staff.
To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.
To lead in the coordination of induction, training and education of students and other staff in this setting as appropriate.
To be responsible in ensuring the supervision of all OT staff as appropriate
To deputise for the OT Professional Lead as required.
To manage a caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal
To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate
To routinely provide detailed feedback to the MDT regarding observed occupational performance throughout contact, which inform ongoing assessment and therapeutic intervention.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/MSc/PG Dip
- Occupational Therapy HCPC registration
- Evidence of clinical post registration training
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
- Practice Placement qualification and student placement facilitation
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT
- First line management training
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
- AMPS/ESI/SI training or equivalent
- Structured forensic risk assessment training
- Leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting/s at a B6 level
- Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
- Highly Specialist knowledge and experience of using and applying the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
- Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
- Involvement in recruiting staff
- Experience in research or audit
- Previous experience of having worked at Band 7 level
- Experience of service development and transformation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc/MSc/PG Dip
- Occupational Therapy HCPC registration
- Evidence of clinical post registration training
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
- Practice Placement qualification and student placement facilitation
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT
- First line management training
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
- AMPS/ESI/SI training or equivalent
- Structured forensic risk assessment training
- Leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting/s at a B6 level
- Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
- Highly Specialist knowledge and experience of using and applying the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
- Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
- Involvement in recruiting staff
- Experience in research or audit
- Previous experience of having worked at Band 7 level
- Experience of service development and transformation
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).
