Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and is also commissioned for services that cover North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
We call this continuous improvement in quality and cost, ‘striving for perfect care’. Our aim is to play a full part in the health and social care economies we serve, by promoting and driving greater integration between mental and physical health and social care.
Our clinical services are provided across over 170 sites spanning a large part of the North West. Our services are supported by corporate teams based at our offices in Kings Business Park, Prescot, and Hollins Park, Warrington.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Key details
Location
Site: Willis House
Address: 23 Cumber Lane
Town: Whiston
Postcode: L35 2YZ
Major / Minor Region: Merseyside
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 6
Specialty
Main area: Community Learning Disabilities
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Occupational Therapist seeking to develop their clinical experience and knowledge within the Community Learning Disability setting. The team covers across Knowsley and St Helens and is based at Willis House, Cumber Lane, Prescot.
You will be joining an established Multi Disciplinary Team made up of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Clinical Psychologists and Speech and Language Therapists. The Team is dedicated to provide high quality care to meet the needs of the Learning Disability population across Knowlsey and St Helens.
The post holder will be a dynamic and enthusiastic practitioner that is able to work in an autonomous manner. The post holder will use evidence based principles to assess, develop treatment plans, implement and evaluate interventions for clients with Learning Disabilities. You will use a Client Centred approach to ensure that goals are set collaboratively and are meaningful to the Service User. You will be highly motivated and able to work with a range of people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical – Shared Team
1. Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Where required, to be involved in the multidisciplinary team duty system and undertake duty assessments, as necessary.
3. Fulfil the care-coordinator role under ECC framework, including planning and coordinating Case Conferences/Reviews.
4. Ensure intervention is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of clients.
5. Provide information, education and support for family members, carers and other relevant professionals.
6. Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
7. Participate in case load supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
8. Participate in regular clinical supervision with Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, as per Trust policy.
9. Contribute to the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
10. Contribute to client related developments and therapeutic interventions carried out by the whole team e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy, psycho-social interventions.
11. Compile and maintain effective client records and record outcome measures in conjunction with clients and in accordance with Professional and Trust policies, procedures and standards.
12. Participate in the induction, training or education of a variety of staff, students or volunteers attached to the team/service.
Clinical – Occupational Therapy Specific
1. Undertake occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
2. Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, using selected and graded activity to develop the client’s skills in identified areas of deficit.
Managerial / Professional Leadership
1. Assist in the organisation and planning of OT service delivery e.g. OT recruitment panels, ensuring OT staff/service cover.
2. Provide professional advice as required, for performance management of OT staff e.g. competency monitoring.
3. Participate in Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required.
4. Deputise for the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, as required.
5. Contribute to the writing and implementation of practice guidelines, policies and procedures, and use specialist knowledge to propose service changes.
6. Contribute to staff participation in the formulation of new ideas/suggestions to improve service user care and service delivery.
7. Ensure the principles of Clinical Governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high-quality service based on agreed clinical standards.
8. Contribute to the strategic development of the OT services.
9. Manage and prioritise designated occupational therapy referrals according to need, risk and service capacity.
10. Provide specialist professional/clinical leadership to occupational therapists and support staff.
11. Liaise with and develop effective working links with the wider multi-disciplinary team. Attend professional meetings as required.
12. Maintain an effective supervision structure, and provide professional supervision for designated OT staff, addressing clinical, personal and professional issues.
13. Assist in the induction of OT staff to the service.
14. Participate in the performance monitoring of services in accordance with national and local targets.
15. Provide statistical information on workforce and service user activity as required.
16. Be responsible for the care, maintenance and monitoring of equipment used by clients and bring any defects or deficits to the attention of the appropriate authority. E.g. ADL equipment.
17. Ensure requirements for health and safety and safe working practice are met through formal and regular risk assessments and communications as required. E.g. Cascade of HSA alerts.
18. Assist in the maintenance and updating of the unit’s equipment inventories and service schedules. Ensure regular servicing, maintenance, repair or replacement as required adhering to Health & Safety, COSHH and Medical Devices Agency regulations.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration.
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Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Relevant professional OT qualification
* Current HPC registration
Desirable criteria
* Fieldwork Educators certificate
* Post graduate accredited study e.g. PSI, CBT, MSc in relevant health studies
KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE:
Essential criteria
* Previous experience in relevant health settings.
* Supervision of staff.
* Effective team working within a multi-agency framework.
* Experience of service development.
* Experience using both group and individual treatment skills.
* Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches.
* Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area.
* Assisting with effective budgetary management.
* Evidence based and experience of reflective practice.
* Recovery Model of Care.
* Model of Human Occupation.
* Safe Guarding Children.
* Mental Health Act 1983.
* Mental Capacity Act.
* Effective Care Coordination.
* Relevant national policies and guidance.
* Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment.
* Audit and research methods.
* Vulnerable adults guidelines.
* Able to discuss/explain specialist OT role.
* Awareness of own strengths and limitations.
Desirable criteria
* Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services.
* Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services.
* Risk management training.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively.
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
* Ability to formulate relevant reports.
* Delegation and coordination.
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
* Mentorship skills.
* Accurate Record keeping.
* Flexible approach/ creative thinking.
* Able to move and handle clients.
* IT skills.
Desirable criteria
* Effective leadership qualities.
* Ability to network and influence decision making.
* Presentation skills.
* Team Building skills.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Michelle Burkhill
Job title: Team Manager Knowsley CLDT
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0151 426 5885
Additional information: Michelle McLeod, Team Manager, St Helens Community Learning Disability Team
Tel: 0151 426 5885
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