Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team for a 12 month period. The South York and Selby Community Team is based within the Selbycovering the Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet and Pocklington area.
The multi-disciplinary team works with adults with mental health difficulties and their families to deliver mental health services.
We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy, and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with working age people and families.
You will access support from the wider occupational therapy network in TEWV, and local adult mental health occupational therapy in North Yorkshire, York, and Selby to deliver a high quality, needs-led OT service. Utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
2. To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
3. To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision
4. To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
5. To contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives
6. To use the Trust electronic patient record system
7. To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
8. To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Date posted
30 October 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
346-NYA-131-24-B
Job locations
Worsley Court
Doncaster Road
Selby
YO8 9XB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway linked to adult mental health services in North Yorkshire, and offer input to individuals, their families, and carers,
All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.
The ability to engage and communicate with adults with mental health difficulties as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.
Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.
Research is an important focus within our trust. You will have the opportunity to engage as a research participant in appropriate projects, have the chance to develop pragmatic research skills, link in with local universities in joint research initiatives and join the AHP research group.
You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.
There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.
As an Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, always demonstrating adherence to the Trust values and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.
Additional contact details: Kate McCormick, Team Manager - 01757 211563
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
9. Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
10. Registration with HCPC
11. Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
12. Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
13. Accredited Practice Placement Educator
Experience
Essential
14. Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements
Desirable
15. Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
16. Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
17. Experience presenting to groups
Knowledge
Essential
18. Professional Code of Conduct and its application to practice
19. Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice
20. Legal aspects of Moving and Handling
21. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its use in practice
22. Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
23. Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
24. Research and development methodology
25. Understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
26. Awareness of commonly used occupational therapy assessments used in mental health practice
Skills
Essential
27. Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
28. Good observational skills and ability to describe such observations verbally and in writing
29. Record keeping and report writing
30. Ability to relate therapeutically to the needs of the service user group
31. Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
32. Manage own caseload and prioritise effectively
33. Delegate tasks appropriately
34. Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice