An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the South Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with motivation and enthusiasm for working in an adult community mental health role.

The team is based in Nightingale Place, SW10, in between the Kings Road and Fulham Road. There are excellent transport links and the team base is walking distance from Earls Court, Fulham Broadway, West Brompton and South Kensington stations.

The post holder will be a valued member of the team and will offer Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for clients as well as supporting the overall work of the team by providing a named worker role for clients and some team duty cover.

The team consists of medical staff, nurses, social workers, peer support workers, community navigators, arts therapists, employment specialists and psychology staff. There are the Occupational Therapy posts in the team and the post holder will have opportunity to develop and co-facilitate groups as a part of the psychosocial offer for the hub.

This is an excellent opportunity for an OT with some mental health experience to develop further skills within a community setting. The role is full time Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm with an option to work one day a week remotely.

Main duties of the job

• To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Adult Community Mental Health hub, providing a high quality service to clients.
• To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients under the care of the team.
• To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
• To provide evidence based group interventions.
• To provide a case worker role for a designated number of clients with an occupational focus.
• To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
• To offer clinical placements to Occupational Therapy Students.
• To provide support and supervision to staff as needed.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

About us

The team will provide you will a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services.

The team is based at the South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre which also houses other services such as the Home Treatment Team, Psychological therapies, an Eating Disorder Service and an inpatient unity for children and adolescents.

There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in house CPD opportunities. CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached dob description for full details and don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.

Further information about the service can be found on this link:

Kensington and Chelsea South Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Qualified Occupational Therapist
• HCPC registered
• Practice Educator training

Desirable

• Post qualification training in relevant mental health therapeutic skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in mental health settings as an Occupational Therapist.
• Experience in managing a caseload
• Experience in assessment and interventions related to physical healthcare needs such as equipment provision.
• Experience in using a range of standardised OT assessments
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of drafting group protocols and setting up / facilitating groups / group programme
• Supervision of OT students / non-qualified staff.
• Experience of partnership working and coproduction
• Risk assessment and risk management experience

Desirable

• Experience of working in community mental health as an OT
• Personal experience of using mental health services
• Experience of supervising qualified OTs.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Clear concept of Occupational Therapy and models of practice
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, as well as part of an MDT
• Recovery focused and culturally informed approach
• Knowledge of the impact of mental and physical conditions on functional ability.
• Good understanding of risk assessment and risk management strategies
• Good awareness of the principles of safeguarding and how to implement this in practice.
• Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally informed approach

Desirable

• Research and development at graduate level.
• Knowledge of the theory underpinning the Model of Human Occupation.

ATTITUDES, APTITUDES PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Essential

• High level of personal motivation for this role.
• Good organisational skills and ability to delegate effectively.
• Flexible in approach.
• A willingness to develop knowledge and skills
• Good self-awareness and an ability to use initiative
• Ability to manage conflict constructively
• Ability to take on responsibility
• Positive role model for junior staff.

Other

Desirable

• Membership of RCOT and Specialist Sections

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Kensington & Chelsea Mental Health Centre

1 Nightingale Place

London

SW10 9NG

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333-J-KC-0809