Job summary
The Occupational Therapy Service on the beautiful Island of Jersey are seeking an enthusiastic Senior 1 Occupational Therapist with experience in Neurological conditions (UK Band 7) to work within our Community Occupational Therapy Team.
The suitable candidate will hold a Degree in Occupational Therapy and be registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC). Successful candidates will need to demonstrate, flexibility, reliability, adaptability, self-reliance, inner drive and the ability to problem solve.
Excellent leadership skills, a willingness to adapt current practices and work cohesively as part of a team are essential. The post holder must hold a clean driving license and have a vehicle available for work purposes. In return we will offer an environment where you can grow, are supported, can develop your skills across a range of therapeutic environments.
Jersey is committed to the concept of "growing its own" and we invest heavily, in the concept of staff development through encouraging staff to engage in projects designed to enhance service delivery. We offer training, supervision, CPD and a generous relocation package.
Main duties of the job
Clinically lead, develop and provide a highly specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) service for specified client groups, i.e. Neurotherapy, Acute In-patient, Mental Health, etc in order to promote functional/social independence, improve well-being and quality of life. Working as an autonomous practitioner implementing highly specialized assessment, evaluation, treatment and management of clients with complex needs.
Manage a clinical caseload of complex clients, developing a client caseload plan to ensure that cases are effectively managed within time and manpower constraints.
Provide a specialist professional resource for other disciplines and external agencies, so that the contribution of Occupational Therapy can be integrated within the total service provision. Provide advice & training to clients and their families on the management of their condition.
About us
Jersey offers a unique environment with all the advantages and challenges of living on an Island. You will be on a beautiful Island, with good weather, great beaches, walks and excellent restaurants.
Working for Health & Community Services, you will be working for an organization that aims to enable Islanders to live longer, healthier and more productive lives. We provide safe, sustainable and integrated services in partnership with others.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Assess,
develop interventions and monitor needs for a range of highly complex
conditions within a specialist area. This includes specialist evaluation,
diagnostic services, advice and training to clients, families and other
professional staff on the management of physical and mental illness, injury or
disability, prevention of deformity and deterioration, management of a client's
environmental factors, vocational and educational opportunities and leisure
activities. Undertake the role of care co-ordinator within a health and social
services context, encompassing all required to assess for long term care
benefit, and negotiate specialist care packages including budgeting.
2. Interpret,
share, implement and monitor Government and National policies, standards and
guidelines within specialist area to ensure that work is conducted in
accordance with organization/service policies and within health and safety
regulations.
3. Receive
direct referrals from a range of clinical services and the general public,
diagnosing and screening clients to identify how they may benefit from OT
intervention, and providing subsequent comprehensive, holistic assessment using
a variety of specialist clinical skills and individual intervention including
prescription of Rehabilitation programmes and therapeutic activities in order
to promote maximum independence of the client.
4.
Independently manages cases/key working of disabled individuals and offers
support to carers to promote effective outcomes that are met consistent with
the client's needs, and to refer to other agencies as required.
5. Delivers
professional evaluation, consultation, advice and training to clients, carers,
relatives, other professional staff within the hospital and community,
education and the voluntary sector as appropriate, in the use of specialised
aids, assistive technology, adaptive bespoke equipment and major housing
adaptations.
6. Maintain
appropriate and timely client records of assessment, intervention and progress
to monitor effectiveness of intervention, to facilitate treatment planning and
long-term client management and to support the ongoing evaluation of the
efficiency and effectiveness of the service to inform departmental planning
purposes.
7. Develop
& deliver highly specialised training programmes, including supporting the
training of local students undertaking Masters and degree level training on
island. Provide specialized information and advice to professional qualified
and unqualified staff, voluntary organisations and family carers in order to
improve the understanding of client need and promote effective management of
the client's condition to minimize the impact on quality of life.
8. Act as a
mentor and provide regular clinical supervision to OT staff, including those
employed from locum agencies. Manage, advise and support qualified staff,
trainees and support staff to ensure they receive the training they need to
deliver their roles to the best of their abilities and to support their
continuing professional development.
9. Support the
appraisal of the service's performance, identifying unmet needs, investigating
complaints relating to professional practice, implementing the use of outcome
measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and interpreting and
actioning developments in OT practice in order to make recommendations and
contribute to organisational changes to improve the service.
10. Identify
necessary major adaptations required for client's homes and schools to
facilitate function, access and mobility, drawing up detailed building specifications
for the specific requirements of the clients concerned and working closely with
clients, architects: builders and Community and Government Departments to
effect changes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Assess,
develop interventions and monitor needs for a range of highly complex
conditions within a specialist area. This includes specialist evaluation,
diagnostic services, advice and training to clients, families and other
professional staff on the management of physical and mental illness, injury or
disability, prevention of deformity and deterioration, management of a client's
environmental factors, vocational and educational opportunities and leisure
activities. Undertake the role of care co-ordinator within a health and social
services context, encompassing all required to assess for long term care
benefit, and negotiate specialist care packages including budgeting.
2. Interpret,
share, implement and monitor Government and National policies, standards and
guidelines within specialist area to ensure that work is conducted in
accordance with organization/service policies and within health and safety
regulations.
3. Receive
direct referrals from a range of clinical services and the general public,
diagnosing and screening clients to identify how they may benefit from OT
intervention, and providing subsequent comprehensive, holistic assessment using
a variety of specialist clinical skills and individual intervention including
prescription of Rehabilitation programmes and therapeutic activities in order
to promote maximum independence of the client.
4.
Independently manages cases/key working of disabled individuals and offers
support to carers to promote effective outcomes that are met consistent with
the client's needs, and to refer to other agencies as required.
5. Delivers
professional evaluation, consultation, advice and training to clients, carers,
relatives, other professional staff within the hospital and community,
education and the voluntary sector as appropriate, in the use of specialised
aids, assistive technology, adaptive bespoke equipment and major housing
adaptations.
6. Maintain
appropriate and timely client records of assessment, intervention and progress
to monitor effectiveness of intervention, to facilitate treatment planning and
long-term client management and to support the ongoing evaluation of the
efficiency and effectiveness of the service to inform departmental planning
purposes.
7. Develop
& deliver highly specialised training programmes, including supporting the
training of local students undertaking Masters and degree level training on
island. Provide specialized information and advice to professional qualified
and unqualified staff, voluntary organisations and family carers in order to
improve the understanding of client need and promote effective management of
the client's condition to minimize the impact on quality of life.
8. Act as a
mentor and provide regular clinical supervision to OT staff, including those
employed from locum agencies. Manage, advise and support qualified staff,
trainees and support staff to ensure they receive the training they need to
deliver their roles to the best of their abilities and to support their
continuing professional development.
9. Support the
appraisal of the service's performance, identifying unmet needs, investigating
complaints relating to professional practice, implementing the use of outcome
measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and interpreting and
actioning developments in OT practice in order to make recommendations and
contribute to organisational changes to improve the service.
10. Identify
necessary major adaptations required for client's homes and schools to
facilitate function, access and mobility, drawing up detailed building specifications
for the specific requirements of the clients concerned and working closely with
clients, architects: builders and Community and Government Departments to
effect changes.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience including a good level of experience of working in a specialised clinical environment.
- Experience in the application assessments and interventions relevant to client group.
- Experience of providing supervision for junior OT staff and students.
- Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Facilitation and tutoring of OT staff and monitoring their caseloads.
- Experience of reviewing, reflecting and critically appraising own practice and performance through CPD and professional/operational supervision and appraisal that is in line with national and local guidelines.
- Experience of working autonomously, setting priorities, working under pressure and actively managing OT clinical risks, where appropriate.
- Experience in analysing professional and ethical issues.
- Experience of initiating new practices at a complex level.
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy, current registration with the Health & Care Professions Council, and be registered as an Occupational Therapist under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995.
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in clinical and/or management.
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialized and practical knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice, assessments and treatment approaches in area of specialty (i.e. Model of Human Occupation, Occupational Performance Model, Sensory Integration, Postural Management, Accessible Environmental Design).
- Knowledge of Health & Social Care legislation and current practice.
- Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application/ implementation.
- Knowledge of Health Service development plans and of new and existing services, service innovations and sustainable health and social care initiatives.
- Good understanding of teaching/training others in dialectical behaviour therapy, safe handling and clinical supervision.
- Extensive and detailed knowledge of equipment, treatment modalities and adaptations.
- Understands how to disseminate information to a variety of settings/professionals.
Desirable
- 8 Years post qualification experience, with 3 years specializing.
- Experience as working as a health & community services OT.
- Experience of working with Assistive technology, specialist postural seating systems, housing adapts.
- Awareness of the roles of other services (Health, Social Care and Education) and the interface with Occupational Therapy
Technical/Work-based Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a range of information technology skills i.e. an ability to effectively use IT equipment and role critical software.
- Responsible for recording referrals, caseloads, statistics for specialist teams, inputting on Datix and safeguarding reporting systems.
General Skills/Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and problem solving abilities.
-
- Strong relationship building with both internal and external stakeholders such as police and housing/charities up to and including at a senior level, and especially to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and carers.
-
- Able to understand and manage a range of complex facts or situations requiring analysis.
- Strong problem-solving acumen.
- Excellent communication; verbal and written.
-
- Communicates effectively across all levels and media.
-
- Ability to adapt personal style in order to influence others and gain support for ideas. Demonstrates empathy towards individual clients.
- Supports the development of and shares learning with other members of staff.
- Able to remain professional and effective under pressure.
- Committed to continuous service improvement and also continued professional development for themselves and their team.
- Self-directed and resourceful.
- Flexible approach to work.
Desirable
- Take responsibility for team's use of resources, including accounting for staff member's mileage claims and timesheets.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience including a good level of experience of working in a specialised clinical environment.
- Experience in the application assessments and interventions relevant to client group.
- Experience of providing supervision for junior OT staff and students.
- Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Facilitation and tutoring of OT staff and monitoring their caseloads.
- Experience of reviewing, reflecting and critically appraising own practice and performance through CPD and professional/operational supervision and appraisal that is in line with national and local guidelines.
- Experience of working autonomously, setting priorities, working under pressure and actively managing OT clinical risks, where appropriate.
- Experience in analysing professional and ethical issues.
- Experience of initiating new practices at a complex level.
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy, current registration with the Health & Care Professions Council, and be registered as an Occupational Therapist under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995.
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in clinical and/or management.
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialized and practical knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice, assessments and treatment approaches in area of specialty (i.e. Model of Human Occupation, Occupational Performance Model, Sensory Integration, Postural Management, Accessible Environmental Design).
- Knowledge of Health & Social Care legislation and current practice.
- Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application/ implementation.
- Knowledge of Health Service development plans and of new and existing services, service innovations and sustainable health and social care initiatives.
- Good understanding of teaching/training others in dialectical behaviour therapy, safe handling and clinical supervision.
- Extensive and detailed knowledge of equipment, treatment modalities and adaptations.
- Understands how to disseminate information to a variety of settings/professionals.
Desirable
- 8 Years post qualification experience, with 3 years specializing.
- Experience as working as a health & community services OT.
- Experience of working with Assistive technology, specialist postural seating systems, housing adapts.
- Awareness of the roles of other services (Health, Social Care and Education) and the interface with Occupational Therapy
Technical/Work-based Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a range of information technology skills i.e. an ability to effectively use IT equipment and role critical software.
- Responsible for recording referrals, caseloads, statistics for specialist teams, inputting on Datix and safeguarding reporting systems.
General Skills/Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and problem solving abilities.
-
- Strong relationship building with both internal and external stakeholders such as police and housing/charities up to and including at a senior level, and especially to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and carers.
-
- Able to understand and manage a range of complex facts or situations requiring analysis.
- Strong problem-solving acumen.
- Excellent communication; verbal and written.
-
- Communicates effectively across all levels and media.
-
- Ability to adapt personal style in order to influence others and gain support for ideas. Demonstrates empathy towards individual clients.
- Supports the development of and shares learning with other members of staff.
- Able to remain professional and effective under pressure.
- Committed to continuous service improvement and also continued professional development for themselves and their team.
- Self-directed and resourceful.
- Flexible approach to work.
Desirable
- Take responsibility for team's use of resources, including accounting for staff member's mileage claims and timesheets.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Health and Community Services
Address
The Enid Quenault Health & Wellbeing Centre
Les Quennevais Park
La Route des Quennevais
St. Brelade
JE3 8JW
Employer's website
https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)