Job summary
With our expanding Occupational Therapy service, we are looking to recruit a suitably experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist. The post holder will join the Hope and Resilience Hub Team to support the provision of the Occupational Therapy at the Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit sites.
Occupational Therapists work in the Hope and Resilience Hub team and support the acute inpatient wards. They work with patients to provide therapeutic, meaningful activities to support the individual's recovery and are committed to delivering high quality, person centred care. We are an evolving team which is open to change and developing new ways of working and have a positive profile within the Trust and with service users and carers.
This role will involve facilitating group work, home assessments to facilitate timely discharge, enabling functional assessments to take place and Wellness and Recovery planning. This will be achieved through MDT work, representing the team at unit level and within the Trust.
Within the role you will need to have the ability to work independently to develop and deliver a clear OT service for inpatients and support the Occupational Therapy care pathway.
You will need to show initiative, drive and ability to think creatively for solutions.
Therefore, the post holder will be required to be a dynamic clinician and demonstrate a range of skills, including effective communication, empathy, self-awareness and critical, self-reflection skills.
Main duties of the job
The post holder, will be working as part of a team in the Hope and Resilience Hub and will link into the acute inpatient wards.
They will work with patients to provide therapeutic, meaningful activities to support the individual's recovery and are committed to delivering high quality, person-centred care.
The post holder will be expected to adopt the policies and philosophy of the service and provide occupational assessment, and treatment using a range of appropriate interventions based on the recovery philosophy and the Model of Human Occupation.
The role will involve facilitating group work, home assessments to facilitate timely discharge, enabling functional assessments to take place, support acute ward Occupational Therapists and provide Wellness and Recovery planning.
This will be achieved through MDT working representing the team at unit level and within the Trust.
About us
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
Benefits include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
- Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Structured learning and development opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
- Contribute to the delivery of high quality occupational therapy, working as a member of the multi-disciplinary team alongside other members of the MDT.
- Act as an advocate for individual service users, advising staff regarding occupational therapy approaches in the treatment of people with mental health problems, focussing primarily on the assessment of functional needs.
- Manage own workload effectively prioritising competing demands with the support of the Senior Occupational Therapists as necessary.
- Ensure all service users have an up to date care plan that has been negotiated with the service user to meet their individual occupational goals and needs.
- Provide individual and group interventions and contribute to the development of therapeutic group programmes.
- Collaborate with all providers of care throughout the health community who are involved in planning, delivering and evaluating care, working flexibly in accordance with the needs of service users and the service as a whole.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
- Contribute to the delivery of high quality occupational therapy, working as a member of the multi-disciplinary team alongside other members of the MDT.
- Act as an advocate for individual service users, advising staff regarding occupational therapy approaches in the treatment of people with mental health problems, focussing primarily on the assessment of functional needs.
- Manage own workload effectively prioritising competing demands with the support of the Senior Occupational Therapists as necessary.
- Ensure all service users have an up to date care plan that has been negotiated with the service user to meet their individual occupational goals and needs.
- Provide individual and group interventions and contribute to the development of therapeutic group programmes.
- Collaborate with all providers of care throughout the health community who are involved in planning, delivering and evaluating care, working flexibly in accordance with the needs of service users and the service as a whole.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Evidence of HCPC registration or pending qualification/HCPC
Desirable
- Field work educators course
- Contributing to student education
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Evidence of Mental Health experience relating to placements
- Evidence of standardised assessments
- Evidence of the OT process
- Evidence of OT models of practice e.g. MOHO or other
- Apply OT skills e.g. carry out assessments, deliver group work, setting goals
- Evidence of organisation skills
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Evidence of HCPC registration or pending qualification/HCPC
Desirable
- Field work educators course
- Contributing to student education
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Evidence of Mental Health experience relating to placements
- Evidence of standardised assessments
- Evidence of the OT process
- Evidence of OT models of practice e.g. MOHO or other
- Apply OT skills e.g. carry out assessments, deliver group work, setting goals
- Evidence of organisation skills
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).
