This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of �2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

We have an exciting opportunity in Offender Health for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist ( 0.40 WTE -part time 2 days per week) within a Prison based Democratic Therapeutic Community contextualised for intellectual/learning disabilities (TC+).

We are looking for a person who is passionate about understanding and supporting the needs of men in the TC+ and providing specialist OT input.

The post is based at HMP Gartree in Leicestershire.

You will join a multidisciplinary team consisting of both Nottinghamshire healthcare clinicians and HMPPS specialist officers and group facilitators. You will work within the ethos of Therapeutic Communities principles and therefore uphold and contribute to all Therapeutic Community processes.

You will support the TC+ to provide OT assessments, diagnosis (where appropriate) treatment and support to men with Mild to Moderate Intellectual/Learning Disability within the unit.

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist occupational therapy support to prisoners with Mild to Moderate Learning Disability, including the provision of skills and activity groups with an emphasis on requirements for resettlement and re-integration back into the community.

You will help evaluate resident progress against set targets aimed at reducing risk, psychological distress and enhancing skills by supporting residents to become as independent as possible and maintain or improve their level of function, ensuring that specialist assessments and evaluation reports are completed as required.

You will work as part of the TC+ multi-disciplinary team including representing TC+ at meetings as agreed amongst the TC+ team.

You will be fully supported to develop your specialist skills with relevant training provided and may be asked to represent Notts Health care and Learning-disabled men in prison, at conferences and National Events and NHSE forums. There will also be opportunity for you to showcase the service and offer relevant training/educational sessions to other members of the MDT and across the TC+ network.

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

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Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be supported by a clinical lead offering regular supervision.

You will be supported by your clinical lead to improve the outcomes of people with Learning Disability on the TC+

The Directorate provides healthcare to eight prisons in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. As such you are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to appropriate peer support, supervision and excellent opportunities for learning and development.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust enjoys a good reputation as an employer offering applicants the opportunity of an interesting role in a developing and stimulating environment but also with access to a range of established terms and conditions of service and access to continuing professional development and to NHS pension scheme.

Our DBS check is free, you have no fees to pay!

If you want to know more or have some concerns or queries, please get in touch. Call or email Clinical Lead Sue Jamieson on 01858 426732, Sue.jamieson@justice.gov.uk/sue.jamieson@nottshc.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc/MSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Practice placement educator accredited

Further training

Essential

• Evidence of regular relevant CPD activities

Work experience

Essential

• Experience of providing Occupational Therapy interventions in Mental Health/ Learning Disability secure settings including, clinical, leadership and management rolesementia
• Experience of MDT working

Desirable

• Clinical audit
• Project management

Aptitudes/Skills

Essential

• High level communication skills, verbal and written including an ability to communicate complex information to offenders with a Learning Disability, using a range of means taking into account the needs of people with impaired language and communication
• Leadership skills
• Good written, verbal and IT skills with patients, carers and other professionals
• Sound assessment skills including risk assessment and management.
• Performance management skills
• Effective time management and organisation skills and ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Clinical supervision skills
• Ability to undertake initial mental health assessments and experience of care co-ordination
• Presentation/teaching skills

Employer details

Employer name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Gartree

Market Harborough

LE16 7RP

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