37.5 hours per week. The post holder will work in the Health Inclusion Pathway-Plymouth multidisciplinary team as an autonomous practitioner. This is an exciting opportunity to provide a new model of care across Plymouth, through the establishment of the Inclusion Health Service.

In line with current best practice this service is being developed using the Pathway approach, providing end to end support for individuals who are homeless. It involves not only medical staff, but a range of multidisciplinary professionals with expertise in social care, housing law and benefits issues, ensuring that a persons full range of needs are supported.

The team works across areas/units/wards within Plymouth hospitals and a wide range of community settings. Our aims are to avoid inappropriate and frequent hospital admissions, support our client group during admission to hospital and to facilitate safe discharge, from hospital to the community.

Main duties of the job

To develop and oversee the provision of an evidence-based occupational therapy service for adults with complex needs related to homelessness, health, contact with the criminal justice system and substance misuse issues.

To provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessment, formulation, and interventions to adults with high levels of complexity and vulnerabilities.

To provide specialist advice, supervision, case discussion & formulation to staff supporting adults who have a diagnosis of a severe and enduring mental health issue.

To provide specialist occupational therapy input to planning, development and evaluation of clinical services within the mental health services, holding responsibility for defined projects.

To support robust risk assessment and management, offering specialist plans and intervention which support individuals within the community setting.

To develop and sustain partnership working with community agencies and facilities.

To promote inclusion, awareness of occupational performance issues and onward support.

To make autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:

Protected CPD time for registered staff

Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff

Leadership & mentoring programmes

Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training

A Robust Preceptorship

A bespoke induction programme

Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To develop and oversee the provision of an evidence-based occupational therapy service for adults with complex needs related to homelessness, health, contact with the criminal justice system and substance misuse issues.

To provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessment, formulation, and interventions to adults with high levels of complexity and vulnerabilities.

To provide specialist advice, supervision, case discussion & formulation to staff supporting adults who have a diagnosis of a severe and enduring mental health issue.

To provide specialist occupational therapy input to planning, development and evaluation of clinical services within the mental health services, holding responsibility for defined projects.

To support robust risk assessment and management, offering specialist plans and intervention which support individuals within the community setting.

To develop and sustain partnership working with community agencies and facilities.

To promote inclusion, awareness of occupational performance issues and onward support.

To make autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

To ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Two years post qualification experience.
• Experience of working in hospital settings or community settings.

Desirable

• Experience of working in inclusion health.
• Experience of working in a trauma informed way.
• Experience of working with community agencies.

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification.
• State Registered Occupational Therapist with Health and Care. Professions Council Registration.

Skills

Essential

• Skilled and experienced clinician, particularly in assessment management of risk and crisis intervention
• Good communication skills verbal and written skills
• Empathic outlook on health care delivery which respects clients dignity and human rights
• Interpersonal skills
• Supervisory skills
• Leadership skills
• Negotiation skills
• Risk assessment and management skills
• Calm and adaptable
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work autonomously and part of MDT
• Recognise and manage stress in self and others
• Ability to commute around the locality.
• Creative, enthusiastic and self motivated
• Ability to manage change
• Willingness to participate in service development
• Ability to work flexibly support the Manager in developing a healthy team culture, and driving forward team improvements and change at all times.

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate evidence based practice
• CMHF record keeping
• NSF & MHA and NICE guidelines
• Demonstrate a commitment to professional development and be an able educator
• Awareness of substance misuse services and impact on service users and carers.
• Evidence of life-long learning academically and Professionally

Desirable

• Able to draw upon a range of skills to support and deliver change within a multi-disciplinary team.

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

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