Job summary
We are recruiting an experienced Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary care team, which is based at Priority House in Maidstone.
In this role you will 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.
You will Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. The role also requires you 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.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
- Provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
- Ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs.
- 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.
- Monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.
- Act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards.
- 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.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs
- Balancing all aspects of the job role.
- Being flexible and responsive to competing demands
- Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice
- Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs
- Balancing all aspects of the job role.
- Being flexible and responsive to competing demands
- Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice
- Demonstrate an ability to apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge commensurate to a higher level of professional practice.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
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
- Holds a full UK driving license
Desirable
- Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
- Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Expereince
Essential
- Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
- 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 and clinical supervision
- Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place
Desirable
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively 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 of patients in crisis, and service user involvement
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- An ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
- 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
Desirable
- An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice
Personal qualities, values and behaviours
Essential
- Ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Adaptability, flexibility and resilience
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Actively develops themselves and others
- Values diversity and operates with integrity and openness
- Self-awareness in managing own wellness at work and confidence to seek support when required
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
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
- Holds a full UK driving license
Desirable
- Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
- Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Expereince
Essential
- Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
- 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 and clinical supervision
- Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place
Desirable
- Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively 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 of patients in crisis, and service user involvement
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- An ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
- 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
Desirable
- An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice
Personal qualities, values and behaviours
Essential
- Ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Adaptability, flexibility and resilience
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Actively develops themselves and others
- Values diversity and operates with integrity and openness
- Self-awareness in managing own wellness at work and confidence to seek support when required
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).
