Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

Band 5 OT PT, 30 hours per week, permanent

We have a great opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the innovative Community Rehabilitation Service based at Hilda Johnson House.

The Community Rehab Team specialise in supporting individuals with complex and enduring mental health problems to reintegrate into the community, supporting them in their recovery journey while being able to offer varying levels of support either in their own homes or within the supported rehabilitation beds at Hilda Johnson House.

The team works closely with the complex care team & Summers View inpatient unit ensuring that service users are able to access a step up / step down model to their care and recovery, with the ultimate goal of least restrictive care in their local community.

The OT role within the team is to provide specialist community-based assessment and intervention to support services users in all aspects of their ongoing recovery, to promote engagement and meaningful occupation. This includes providing supervision, support and guidance to other members of the team when needed and developing/maintaining groups activities to promote rehab and recovery.

Successful candidates will have access to OT specific supervision, peer support and CPD opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Provide a clinical and professional service as a member of Multi-Disciplinary Team [MDT]

Operationally responsible as a clinician for their own caseload and the supervision of staff as required within the Service. This post includes skilled clinical work and requires the post holder to adapt to unpredictable changes and demands on the service.

To promote the implementation of evidence based/client centred practice.

To take responsibility for own Continuous Professional Development

To uphold professional standards, to ensure high standard and quality clinical care.

To promote the involvement of service users and carers in mental health service provision.

Job description

Clinical:

To apply a level of understanding of mental illness within adults and provide appropriate training and advice.

To work alongside other professions involved with the service user both statutory and non-statutory agencies.

To assist in the development of local strategies pertaining to Occupational Therapy.

To participate in any clinically led research using the principles of evidence-based practice.

To assist qualified staff in the provision of clinical supervision

To plan, organise, administer and/or supervise occupational therapy goal orientated evidence-based practice.

To plan monitor, evaluate and modify treatment

To develop and practice leadership skills.

To ensure that the collection of service user related activity and clinical information takes place as required/per policy.

To be responsible for maintaining accurate records in accordance with Occupational Therapy and Trust standards.

To maintain up to date clinical and professional knowledge in order to provide a well-developed level of informed professional knowledge.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.