Site Tolworth Hospital
Town Tolworth
Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
Salary period Yearly
Closing 04/02/2025 23:59
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
This satisfying and rewarding role, sits within the Community Service Line, which includes all community based mental health teams, such as our Integrated Recovery Hubs, Recovery and Support Teams and Early Intervention services. Our teams are expanding with new and exciting roles following a period of Transformation, resulting in new opportunities for Occupational Therapists (OTs) to work as pure OTs, fully using their innovation and creativity, to support clients with complex mental health needs to recover and step down from Mental Health Services.
The post involves working closely with our colleagues in the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), in particular, working with Recovery Support Workers and Employment Specialists, with whom we have a close professional relationship, invested in supporting clients with their occupational goals. We are committed to offering an excellent service and actively promote Occupational Therapy within the teams.
The OT will also promote working with our partners in the Involvement Team, to encourage service users and carers to feel supported and involved in the development with our services, as well as developing relationships with wider and external community organisations, such as social prescribers and peer support workers.
Main duties of the job
* To provide Occupational Therapy four days a week with a maximum of one day duty cover in the team.
* To manage an OT caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
* To take responsibility for completing standardised assessments using The Model of Human Occupation and other frameworks as agreed by the Therapy Leads.
* To offer manualised interventions, both group and individual for example, GLOW (Graduated Living Outside of the Ward) and IPEL (Increasing Participation in Everyday Life)
* To offer Sensory Profiling to clients with sensory challenges
* To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within the Community Team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
* To engage with the OT referrals process, identifying and prioritising the need for OT specific interventions.
* To provide leadership to junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
* To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement (expected standard is two students per year).
* To provide professional leadership to the Recovery Support Workers and engage in co-working pathways.
* To promote recovery and social inclusion.
* To work alongside the Involvement Team to actively promote service-user engagement and co-production.
* To work collaboratively with the Employment Specialist in the team, to enhance a positive vocational outcome for clients.
* To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service
* To contribute to streamline working from admission to discharge in keeping with the principles in the Adult Services Recovery Care pathway.
* To advocate for and promote the contribution of occupational therapy as a valuable resource with helping people to manage the impact of their symptoms on their ability to cope with daily occupations.
* To act as the designated ‘Disability Champion’ leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required.
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
* Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registration to practice in the UK
* Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice
* Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
* Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment
* Apple registration
Experience
* Experience of carrying a caseload in a mental health setting
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
* Experience of individual and group work
* Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports
* Successful completion of preceptorship
* Experience of being a practice placement educator
Knowledge and Skills - Communication
* Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs
* Proficient standard of written communication skills
Knowledge and Skills - Personal and People Development
* Ability to role model positive professional behaviour
* Ability to deliver presentations
Knowledge and Skills - Health, Safety & Security
* Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health, safety & security of self, service user & members of the public
* Ability to monitor work areas & practices to maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment.
Knowledge and Skills - Quality
* Applied knowledge of current national legislation, policies & guidelines relevant to clinical area
* Good personal management skills in order to manage a clinical caseload & varied workload
At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.
As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:
* BME (Evolve) Staff Network
* DiverseAbility
* Mental Health Staff Forum
* Women's Staff Network
* LGBTQIA+
We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.
Please note:
* That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
* That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system
* That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
* That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
* That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
* That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
* That we are a smoke-free Trust
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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