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Site OT & Rehab Town SOUTHALL Salary £31,081 - £33,665 pa inclusive of all allowances Salary period Yearly Closing 02/05/2025 23:59
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
Job overview
If you are looking for a bank or substantive post and a new challenge, and have a particular interest in Forensic services then this is the position for you.
The Forensic Services based at St Bernard’s Hospital on the Ealing site in London are comprised of a number of specialist areas including Women’s and Men’s services at both low and medium security. The post holder will join an already established Occupational Therapy service and will be based in the Low Secure and Community directorate.
You will be supervised and supported by Occupational Therapist to deliver an occupational therapy led program within the Forensic services.
We have a service wide requirement to deliver a range of off ward group programmes that develop service user’ skills and function in line with recovery principles and practice. These include social skills, transitions, life skills, goal setting, self-catering and leisure management a lot of these skills are developed within our vocational programme.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join an already established Occupational Therapy service which spans the services mentioned above. In this role you will be working directly with specialist Occupational Therapy practitioners who work predominately with in-patients to provide a cross ward Occupational Therapy and Vocational programme with good links into the community.
Occupational Therapists lead in the development and provision of vocational pathways for our service users that are within the secure perimeter and lead out into the community with storing links Vocational Service in West Ealing, also within the trust.
Our links with education and physical activity services on the St Bernard’s site are also essential so that service users can gain the qualifications that they need to develop their skills and CV’s further.
Working for our organisation
Forensic services are interesting and challenging areas to develop a career in Occupational therapy. We have a close knit team who are very supportive and have years of experience and expertise in this clinical area.
As an Occupational Therapy Service we have a strong commitment to CPD within the trust and provide a range of opportunities for staff with the expectation that learning is shared and clinical excellence is achieved. We have regular AHP forums, study days and learning lessons conferences.
Our working hours are Monday to Friday 8-4pm or 9-5pm. However, we recognise the need to be flexible and support both compressed hours, full time and part time hours, depending on the role and also school hours 10 till 2pm will be considered.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a client-centred range of meaningful occupations under the supervision of the occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users, within the local services or forensic division working with multi-disciplinary team members.
To promote a range of individual and group orientated approaches in leisure, work, productivity and self-care.
To contribute to the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
* HCPC Registration
* Work experience in a Health or Social Care or 3rd Sector setting.
* Experience of working in a health setting Involvement in research and clinical audit
Experience
* Application of core OT skills and OT process
* Multidisciplinary team working
Knowledge
* Mental health/physical diagnoses/presentations
* Research methodology
* Core skills of OT process
* Models of practice
* Clinical and environmental risk
* Equality and diversity
* Awareness of the need to work within appropriate boundaries
* Principles of clinical governance
* Relevant current legislation, including NICE guidelines, CPA, risk assessment and risk management
* Group work theory and practice
Skills
* Organisational ability
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to build rapport with service users, carers and colleagues
* Evidence of ability in OT assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation
* Ability to work independently and under supervision as part of a team
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Good communication and active listener
Other Requirements
* Ability to reflect, identify and take responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) needs
* Understand the need for and actively participates in own supervision and constructive use of feedback
* High levels of initiative, innovation and self-motivation
* Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice
* Ability to travel between sites
* Enthusiastic to contribute to service development projects
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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