If you are an Occupational Therapist at B6 level, or an experienced B5 OT looking for an innovative OT opportunity, then please apply for this post.

We are looking for a dynamic Occupational Therapist to join the Primary Care Mental Health Team for South Southwark (based at St Giles House in Camberwell). The successful applicant will become part of a solution-focussed and communicative team - working closely with the PCMHT's highly competent and creative Lived Experience Workers, who play an integral part in the smooth running of the OT group program across the two PCMHTs.

PCMHT S provides assessment and liaison support for community mental health teams across Southwark. The post will also provide opportunities to create lasting and progressive partnerships with wide-ranging services whilst being supported by an MDT, and peer supported by a communicative OT network within the trust. The team's OT will work with a broad spectrum of clients with varying needs and interests, supporting them to co-design their own recovery pathway for a 12-week intervention period.

Main duties of the job

Duties with this role include specialist OT assessment, signposting clients to access appropriate community services that can develop their skills sets, socialisation and self-belief. It will further include planning and intervention, provision of adaptive equipment and mobility aids, as well as the creative design and implementation of group sessions - to promote well-being, recovery, and empowering person-centred practice. Although this is a dedicated OT post, the post holder will be required to hold and integrate both the OT specific and generic elements of their job to include care planning and risk assessment. The post holder will participate in the development, delivery, and evaluation of both the Occupational Therapy and MDT interventions and will work closely with colleagues in their team, as well as with OTs in Community Mental Health teams across the borough.

As well as a community Clinical Lead OT and a Team Manager, who will provide close support and supervision the post holder will be working alongside other mental health practitioners such as Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurses, Social Workers, Lived Experience Workers, Welfare Advisors, and Vocational Specialists.

About us

South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has been transforming their services. In Southwark this has meant the re-design of mental health teams to be more accessible and responsive and incorporate a wider range of interventions. We are committed to developing and learning through the experiences of our service users and their families. We have an opportunity through the Patient and Carer race Equality Framework, as well as our Aiming High, Changing Lives strategy to build a culture of trust together and be a partner in Prevention, and are seeking to create opportunities to work together with our stakeholders more effectively.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide assessment and interventions to people accessing Community Mental Health services in in South Southwark. They will have key responsibilities for the delivery of co- produced groups which address the needs of patients within a stepped care model. They will deliver solution focussed and empowering person centred practice. SEE MORE INFO IN LINK BELOW.

PCMHT S Southwark JD.docx

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Post-graduate training relevant to Mental Health

Desirable

• Membership of OT professional body and / or special interest group

Experience

Essential

• post registration experience as an OT
• Working in groups/extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
• Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)
• Advising and supporting junior staff / Experience of supervising junior staff and students
• Experience of audit, research and clinical governance procedures and their application in practice

Desirable

• Practice Placement Educators course
• Experience of working in an inner-city, multi-cultural environment
• Experience of working with people with challenging behaviours

Knowledge

Essential

• Broad / high level understanding of Mental Health disorders and treatment models
• Sound / detailed knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental Health
• Applied / extensive knowledge of the principles of risk management and risk assessment
• Demonstrate commitment to client centred practice
• Understanding of OT professional code of conduct and OT core skills and their application in practice

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group

Skills

Essential

• Ability to build effective working relationships
• Ability to manage own workload / work autonomously and determine priorities
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Skills in clinical leadership
• Effective / high level verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

• Supervisory / appraisal skills
• Skills required to Understand the dynamics of a team and have the ability to work effectively within that

Other

Essential

• Willingness / ability to work flexibly
• Commitment to student and staff supervision
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Open to new ideas and awareness of general issues that might have relevance to service users involvement

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Giles House

St Giles Road

London

SE5 7UD

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334-CLI-6287960