Job summary
JOB PURPOSE:
The senior occupational therapist is an experienced occupational therapist within the multi disciplinary care team.
To identify, develop and provide the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user-centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
Main duties of the job
KEY RESULT AREAS:
o To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs.
o To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
o To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.
o To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards
o To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Applicant form
Essential
- A recognised Occupational Therapist Professional qualification
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.
Desirable
- Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
- Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in mental health OT
- Extensive case work experience of working with mentally ill clients
- Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision
- Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place
Desirable
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
- Experience of working within forensic mental health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of MoHO and assessment tools or appropriate model of practice
- Ability to make decisions and work collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team
- Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
- Proficient in all forms of communication
- Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
- Reflective Practitioner
Desirable
- Knowledge of offending behaviour and mental illness and the effects
- Knowledge of current trends in occupational therapy and the treatment of people within secure services
- To be able to prepare and deliver presentations and teaching sessions
Person Specification
Applicant form
Essential
- A recognised Occupational Therapist Professional qualification
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.
Desirable
- Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
- Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in mental health OT
- Extensive case work experience of working with mentally ill clients
- Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision
- Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place
Desirable
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
- Experience of working within forensic mental health
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of MoHO and assessment tools or appropriate model of practice
- Ability to make decisions and work collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team
- Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
- Proficient in all forms of communication
- Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources
- Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
- Reflective Practitioner
Desirable
- Knowledge of offending behaviour and mental illness and the effects
- Knowledge of current trends in occupational therapy and the treatment of people within secure services
- To be able to prepare and deliver presentations and teaching sessions
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).
