Clinical Occupational Therapist (Band 6) - Offender Healthcare - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust – Eastchurch, Kent
HMP Elmley is a Category B / C men’s prison located in Isle of Sheppey, Kent. HMP Swaleside is a Category B men’s prison located in Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
The post holder will work across the two prisons with other multi-disciplinary professionals to develop and revise the therapeutic programme and activity plans as necessary to meet the needs of different offender groups.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
* Provide one to one/group interventions and therapeutic programmes in: Inpatient Department
* In-call activity as required.
* Contribute to the development and delivery of holistic care plans.
* Participate in the service wide health promotion, education programme and activities.
* Work to support pre-release and continuing care plans.
* Manage a clinical caseload.
* Support the development of evidence-based OT practice.
* Participate in research/audit activities.
* Supervise the work of junior staff and students.
* Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans.
* Provide specialist OT advice.
* Work independently without direct supervision.
Leadership:
* Exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance.
* Undertake effective support, guidance, supervision, and appraisal of junior staff.
* Contribute to the induction, training, and education of students [both OT & other professions] and other staff in clinical areas.
* Be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of OT students on fieldwork placement within the Trust.
* Ensure relevant national and local policies are implemented.
* Review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF.
Clinical:
* Manage a caseload of offenders with complex mental health needs.
* Work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques.
* Work with offenders in a variety of settings to provide the most effective assessment & interventions.
* Plan and implement offenders led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
* Ensure offenders' health, social, cultural, and spiritual needs are always considered.
* Assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for offenders with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs.
* Monitor, evaluate, and modify treatment to measure progress and identify outcomes.
* Plan and deliver services within the Care Programme Approach framework.
* Apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability.
* Assess the occupational needs of offenders and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions.
* Identify appropriate and inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload.
* Manage effective discharge ensuring service users and all relevant agencies are given relevant information.
* Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans.
* Work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings.
* Ensure that up-to-date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
* Actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation and participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation, and audit of practice, clinical care pathways, and protocols within own clinical area.
* Raise awareness of the OT service within own clinical area.
* Participate in the development of the OT service within own clinical area.
* Apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a Band 6 OT.
* Attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust.
* Contribute to CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities.
* Maintain and update a CPD portfolio.
* Contribute to the team’s clinical governance and quality agenda.
* Ensure practice is evidence-based.
* Demonstrate understanding and application of national guidelines and legislation relating to mental health & social care provision.
* Observe and apply Health and Safety regulations.
* Apply risk management procedures.
* Promote and facilitate offender involvement in own clinical area.
Research:
* Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply them to practice.
* Broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.
Communication:
* Communicate appropriately with offenders, carers, and team members, OT colleagues, and other agencies.
* Demonstrate effective communication skills with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason.
* Communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methods of communication.
* Ensure that up-to-date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
* Proof of right to work documentation
* Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
* Proof of address documentation
* Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
* 5 years address history will be needed.
* Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
* Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
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