Main area: Community Mental Health
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
Job ref: 246-ESU7003916-A
Site: Mariner House
Town: Ipswich
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum (pro rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/05/2025
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
The Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Pathway is going through a period of exciting change and development. We are recruiting a community OT, Band 6 and would welcome applicants to join the East Suffolk LD&A Community Team. If you are looking for a fulfilling and varied role and you have a genuine desire to develop your career in community learning disability and a commitment to providing high quality, evidence-based interventions, then we want to hear from you!
Our teams continually strive to develop quality health care services and we are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated people to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary service. The successful applicant will provide high quality interventions as part of the wider forward thinking, diverse multi-disciplinary team and work in collaboration with other relevant agencies according to the needs of the individual.
Main duties of the job
You will be registered with the HPCP and provide a service to adults in the community who have a learning disability and/or Autism and who present with mental health needs or behavioural challenges. You will be the senior OT in the team and with support from the lead OT in the service will be encouraged to use OT models of practice to complete specialist OT assessment, intervention and evaluation of service user progress. Your expertise will be used to support behavioural interventions, recovery plans and positive behaviour support planning. In addition to these direct clinical duties, you will line manage the band 5 OT, support OT students and will play a significant part in the governance and development of the team.
Working for our organisation
The way we care for people with Learning Disabilities in Suffolk is changing at NSFT as we have recently benefitted from £1.3 million of investment for our Acute services and the rollout of a new Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Service.
Benefits included with this role are:
* a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The candidate must have a full and valid driving license and have access to a vehicle due to the community element of the role and the large geographical area that the service covers. The East team is based in Ipswich.
Experience
* Have significant post-registration experience
* Delivery of clinical interventions
* Supervising students / staff
* Delivering group based interventions
Qualifications
* Diploma / Degree in OT
* Clinical supervisor qualification or willing to work towards
* HPC state registration
Other
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines
* Ability to travel independently
Skills
* Ability to deliver OT assessment / treatments
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £16 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
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