Senior Occupational Therapist (Rotational)
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Newham, London
- Salary
- £42,939 to £50,697 per annum Inc Outer HCA
- Closing date
- 15 Oct 2024
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- Profession
- Occupational therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Rotational Occupational Therapist Newham
Due to the promotion of two of our therapists, we have an opportunity to join our popular Band 6 rotation within Newham! This rotation gives experience across a range of services and currently includes Acute inpatient mental health (triage and treatment wards), Community adult mental health services, Home treatment team (HTT), Diagnostic memory services, Older Adult community teamand Dementia inpatient services. Rotations are 9 months in duration.
Rotations might be further expanded and changed to reflect the needs of our community, the development needs of our therapists and our service needs. This might include future opportunities in Acute physical health services and/or Social services.
The development of all our Occupational Therapists are important to us. You will have access to peer and professional supervision, monthly educational sessions, CPD-sessions, quality improvement training and early leadership development. We value and celebrate diversity and are interested in any unique skills and life experiences you could bring to the role!
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to be part of the Senior Occupational Therapy rotation, providing meaningful Occupational Therapy (OT) input across Adult and Older Adult Mental Health services in Newham.
As a rotational therapist, the exact job plan, skills and knowledge depends on the rotation. However, across rotations there is a particular focus on service users' recovery and social inclusion goals, via both individual and group work. The ability to understand first and foremost what matters to the individual, is central to the role. Sound clinical reasoning drawing on a range of models, theories, lived experience and specialist skills will be developed. It is also important to draw on your dual training in both physical and mental health.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newham Community and Inpatient settings
Various locations
Newham, London
E13 8SP
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
363-NEW6531042-A
Due to the promotion of two of our therapists, we have an opportunity to join our popular Band 6 rotation within Newham! This rotation gives experience across a range of services and currently includes Acute inpatient mental health (triage and treatment wards), Community adult mental health services, Home treatment team (HTT), Diagnostic memory services, Older Adult community teamand Dementia inpatient services. Rotations are 9 months in duration.
Rotations might be further expanded and changed to reflect the needs of our community, the development needs of our therapists and our service needs. This might include future opportunities in Acute physical health services and/or Social services.
The development of all our Occupational Therapists are important to us. You will have access to peer and professional supervision, monthly educational sessions, CPD-sessions, quality improvement training and early leadership development. We value and celebrate diversity and are interested in any unique skills and life experiences you could bring to the role!
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to be part of the Senior Occupational Therapy rotation, providing meaningful Occupational Therapy (OT) input across Adult and Older Adult Mental Health services in Newham.
As a rotational therapist, the exact job plan, skills and knowledge depends on the rotation. However, across rotations there is a particular focus on service users' recovery and social inclusion goals, via both individual and group work. The ability to understand first and foremost what matters to the individual, is central to the role. Sound clinical reasoning drawing on a range of models, theories, lived experience and specialist skills will be developed. It is also important to draw on your dual training in both physical and mental health.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Experience of CPD and role development activities
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educator Training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in clinical mental health setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field.
- Evidence of Service Development activities.
- Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of managing own caseload
- Experience of individual and group work
- Experience of staff/student supervision
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of how mental health difficulties impact upon occupational functioning and performance.
- Knowledge of current National legislation, policies and guidelines relevant to adult community mental health and their application.
- Occupational and vocational assessment skills
- Specialist clinical skills to carry out OT interventions: therapeutic and activity based interventions remedial training and cognitive behavioral interventions and psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions
- Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of OT interventions including knowledge of outcome measures.
- Ability to manage a complex clinical caseload
- Ability to undertake clinical risk assessment
- Ability to communicate difficult information
- Ability to undertake supervision
- Ability to assess and manage verbal aggression and risk of physical aggression in inpatient and community settings, reducing risks to those involved.
- Ability to plan and work with statutory and non-statutory services around clinical issues oWord-processing/IT skills
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to maintain the profile of OT within a MDT and the organisation
Desirable
- Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate clinical service provision.
- Ability to provide training and presentations
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newham Community and Inpatient settings
Various locations
Newham, London
E13 8SP
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
363-NEW6531042-A
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