Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our community mental health team, covering the Greenwich Community Mental Health Services in the Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Personality Disorder care pathway team (ADAPT). The West Locality Mental Health Team operates from its main base in Charlton which serves an identified catchment area within Blackheath, Eltham, Greenwich and Woolwich. Our centre is staffed from 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday.
The post offers an opportunity to contribute to the delivery of occupational therapy services within the ADAPT (Anxiety, Depression, Personality Disorder and Trauma) pathway and to contribute to the development of the overall treatment pathways, ensuring the occupational needs of the service users are addressed and providing an occupational therapy perspective on service delivery.
Main duties of the job
You will work with specific OT caseloads following the care pathway providing a high standard of service user focused interventions around occupational roles. This role also provides an opportunity to carry out generic and care co-ordination roles as an agreed percentage of your casework.
In applying occupational therapy models you will work from an evidence base and draw upon current developments in Recovery and Social Inclusion. You will need to be committed to a service user focus and be creative in finding ways to help people develop and achieve personal goals. You will also contribute to a forward thinking group programme and lead on implementing particular groups.
You will work alongside OT and multi-disciplinary colleagues, as well as working with a range of other agencies. The Oxleas Occupational Therapy Service is committed to the continuing professional development (CPD) of its staff. A well-developed supervision structure, CPD activities, and a variety of training opportunities underpin this.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
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To manage a clinical caseload of identified ADAPT service users with complex needs.
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To work as a member of a clinical multi-disciplinary team.
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To work independently as a lone practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team.
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To support the development of evidence based OT practice within ADAPT services.
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To provide assessment and interventions related to:
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Social Inclusion activities.
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ADL
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Occupational roles and activity
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To feed into the development of standards of practice within ADAPT Services.
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To regularly oversee the work of support workers and supervise OT students on practice placement.
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To care co-ordinate a small generic caseload. Generic care co-ordinator caseload will be a maximum of 20% of role.
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To contribute to service development.
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To participate in research/audit activities.
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Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans.
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To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT.
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To work independently without direct supervision.
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To follow an agreed job plan.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
Desirable
- Interest in undertaking further relevant studies/training courses
Experience
Essential
- Relevant degree or graduate diploma as required by Person Specification
Desirable
- Fieldwork Educators training
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience as an OT including a minimum of 2 years mental health experience
Desirable
- Advice & support of junior staff and/or students
- Interest and experience of undertaking audit, research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Greenwich West Community Mental Health Service
68 The Heights
Charlton
SE7 8JH