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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
We are looking to welcome you! – an experienced Occupational Therapist with knowledge and understanding of working with individuals during a mental health crisis. Working with service-users at a vulnerable time, we are looking for someone who is committed to making a positive difference in their lives.
Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATT) are an integrated, multi-disciplinary, community-based team offering initial assessments for service users referred to secondary mental health services. CATT offers pathway planning, brief interventions (up to 12 weeks), and crisis intervention in the community which could include intensive, short-term home-based treatment where it is appropriately indicated. The team is responsible for gatekeeping all inpatient admissions into West London’s Acute Adult Mental Health Services, facilitating early discharge for the inpatient wards and community recovery house.
The post holder will work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team with the opportunity to grow and develop the Occupational Therapy role as a Senior Occupational Therapist. The Occupational Therapists are part of a wider occupational therapy team within West London NHS Trust and are given the opportunity to link in and network with peers through AHP Forum’s and regular training and events.
Main duties of the job
To provide a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users with complex needs, within the local services working with multi-disciplinary team members and the occupational therapy team.
To actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance.
To use evidence-based principles to apply clinical skills and reasoning in occupational therapy, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation which include individual and group-oriented approaches.
To be a resource for the team, providing occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service.
To provide leadership and take responsibility for the direct supervision of less clinically experienced staff, support staff, and students including conducting Performance Development Review (PDR) as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualification
* BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification
* HCPC Registration
Experience
* Achieved Band 5 OT KSF sub-set (usually through 12 month preceptorship programme)
* Achieved full KSF outline for Band 5 OT (usually second year post qualified)
* Relevant post-qualified OT experience in Mental Health
* Application of core OT skills and OT process
* Multidisciplinary team working
* Experience of supervising/co-supervising students
* Involvement in research and clinical audit
* Experience of supervision of students and staff
* A minimum of two and a half years post qualified experience as an OT (or equivalent role) in a health or social care or 3rd sector setting
Knowledge
* 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
* Use of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
* Ability to work independently and under supervision as part of a team
* Contribution to service development and the training of others
* Clinical/case supervision training
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.
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