Main area OT Aids and Adaptations Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed term/Secondment) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday flexible hours) Job ref 350-CC6800306
Employer Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Centre for Independent Living Town Huyton Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/12/2024 23:59 Interview date 17/12/2024
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
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Job overview
x 1 Fixed Term/Secondment Post Available for 12 months
As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high quality care.
Working both autonomously and as part of the team, you will carry out assessments for adults and children in the community for equipment and adaptations to increase independence, safety and to assist people to remain in their own homes.
The service is based within the Centre for Independent living in Huyton and also involves some working from home as well as community visits.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children’s and adult’s barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Main duties of the job
To utilise developed specialist knowledge to provide the professional contribution within designated Occupational Therapy Services and to assist in the organisation, development, co-ordination and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy Service in conjunction with the Clinical Principle Occupational Therapist and relevant Team/Service Manager.
The post holder will contribute to an environment that works with local services to provide evidence based assessment and delivery of care. They will continue with their own professional development and assist with that of other OT staff. They will be required to have a flexible approach to working hours to ensure that the needs of their clients are met.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL – Shared Team
Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
Where required, to be involved in the multidisciplinary team duty system and undertake duty assessments as necessary.
Fulfil the care-coordinator role under ECC framework, including planning and coordinating Case Conferences/Reviews.
Ensure intervention is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of clients.
Provide information, education and support for family members, carers and other relevant professionals.
Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
Participate in case load supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
Participate in regular clinical supervision with Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, as per Trust policy.
Contribute to the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
Contribute to client related developments and therapeutic interventions carried out by the whole team.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current HPC registration
Experience
* Previous experience in relevant health settings
* Supervision of staff
* Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
* Experience of service development
* Experience using both group and individual treatment skills
* Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
* Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
* Assisting with effective budgetary management
* Evidence based and experience of reflective practice
* Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services
* Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services
Skills
* Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
* Ability to formulate relevant reports
* Delegation and coordination
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
* Flexible approach/ creative thinking
* Able to move and handle clients
* Ability to network and influence decision making
Knowledge
* Awareness of own strengths and limitations
* High level knowledge of specialist area.
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
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We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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