Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Do you want to work in Older Adults Mental Health Services? Would you like to develop your skills in this area?
Come and be part of our dynamic Occupational Therapy (OT) service within Surrey Heath Community Mental Health Team for Older People (SH CMHT OP). You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team in providing specialist input into our Care Home Pathway and the SH CMHT OP based at Theta in Frimley, Camberley, not far from the M3.
SH CMHT OP is part of the SH Integrated Care Team and provides an 8-8 service (shifts are typically 8am - 4pm and 12pm - 8pm), Monday - Friday, except Bank holidays.
You will be working with two other occupational therapists, and your role includes providing high quality OT assessments, individual and group interventions to the community, high quality OT assessments and individual interventions to our Care Home Pathway service and support with duty.
We use Model of Human Occupation to guide our OT assessments and intervention. As a service we have developed innovative ways of delivering OT to support people in their individual recovery journey, including occupationally focused group programmes, such as Lifestyle Matters Programme and Memory Matters Programme.
We have a robust CPD offer which includes core competence training, forums, robust supervision structure, and more.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
* To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.
* To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.
* To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.
* To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate).
* To provide occupational therapy student placements.
* To contribute to service development and audits.
* To take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Occupational Therapy professional qualification (HCPC)
* Completion of a Fieldwork Educators' course
Experience
* Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
* Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
* Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
* Evidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
* Evidence of clinical reasoning skills
* Experience of contributing to service development/project work
* Experience as a supervisor
* Experience of group facilitation
* Experience of supporting students on placement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Salary
£39,205 to £47,084 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Reference number
325-6344521-COMM-B
Job locations
Surrey Heath Older People Community Mental Health Team
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