Charlton Lane Hospital is a 48 bed acute hospital for Older Adults with a range of complex functional and organic mental health conditions. The Occupational Therapy team work across 3 wards and have a fully equipped Therapy Department (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy and Psychology).

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, passionate Occupational Therapist or Return to Practise occupational therapist to join our team of person-centred clinicians.

Occupational Therapists at Charlton Lane Hospital provide specialist assessment and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to coordinate and ensure safe and effective discharge from hospital for our patients.

The successful candidate will be a reflective practitioner, able to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning skills, be able to apply theory to practice, demonstrate effective and sensitive communication with patients, carers' and colleagues and be able to demonstrate occupation focussed practice.

In return, you will receive clinical and developmental supervision and will be supported to apply evidence-based practice within this rewarding clinical area. You will have the opportunity to utilise your core Occupational Therapy skills whilst also having the opportunity to develop innovative services in a department-based environment.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist Occupational Therapy to service users with severe / complex mental health needs and / or learning disabilities.

Provide evidence based, occupational therapy assessment and intervention to optimise the service users' ability to engage with their environment in line with the principles of social inclusion and / or recovery

Contribute to the training and support of primary and secondary health care professionals, social care providers, and families to assist them to better meet the health needs of service users

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for people who face significant Occupational Performance and environmental challenges as detailed in relevant Integrated Care Pathway.

Manage own caseload under supervision of clinical specialist / senior occupational therapist.

Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met.

Ensure risks associated with interventions and environment are assessed and managed in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team.

Maintain accurate, informative and contemporaneous records of all interventions.

Initiate referrals to other services and provide substantive letters, and formal reports as required within Trust and Professional standards.

Contribute to the fieldwork education of occupational therapy undergraduates and other students.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with service users with severe / complex mental health needs or learning disabilities

Desirable

• Experience in a range of mental health of learning disability settings

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Occupational Therapy, Charlton Lane Hospital

Charlton Lane

Cheltenham

GL53 9DZ

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