Site Occupational Therapy, Charlton Lane Hospital Town Cheltenham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/01/2025 23:59 Interview date 04/02/2025
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Job overview
Charlton Lane Hospital is a 48 bed acute hospital for Older Adults with a range of complex functional and organic mental health conditions. The Occupational Therapy team work across 3 wards and have a fully equipped Therapy Department (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy and Psychology).
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, passionate Occupational Therapist or Return to Practise occupational therapist to join our team of person-centred clinicians.
Occupational Therapists at Charlton Lane Hospital provide specialist assessment and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to coordinate and ensure safe and effective discharge from hospital for our patients.
The successful candidate will be a reflective practitioner, able to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning skills, be able to apply theory to practice, demonstrate effective and sensitive communication with patients, carers, and colleagues, and be able to demonstrate occupation focused practice.
In return, you will receive clinical and developmental supervision and will be supported to apply evidence-based practice within this rewarding clinical area. You will have the opportunity to utilise your core Occupational Therapy skills whilst also having the opportunity to develop innovative services in a department-based environment.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide specialist Occupational Therapy to service users with severe/complex mental health needs and/or learning disabilities.
2. Provide evidence-based, occupational therapy assessment and intervention to optimise the service users’ ability to engage with their environment in line with the principles of social inclusion and/or recovery.
3. Contribute to the training and support of primary and secondary health care professionals, social care providers, and families to assist them to better meet the health needs of service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Provide Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for people who face significant Occupational Performance and environmental challenges as detailed in relevant Integrated Care Pathway.
2. Manage own caseload under supervision of clinical specialist/senior occupational therapist.
3. Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met.
4. Ensure risks associated with interventions and environment are assessed and managed in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team.
5. Maintain accurate, informative and contemporaneous records of all interventions.
6. Initiate referrals to other services and provide substantive letters, and formal reports as required within Trust and Professional standards.
7. Contribute to the fieldwork education of occupational therapy undergraduates and other students.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registration
Experience
* Experience of working with service users with severe/complex mental health needs or learning disabilities
* Experience in a range of mental health of learning disability settings
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure, and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
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.
Name Laura Burdett Job title Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address laura.burdett@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number 07815598508
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