Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
About
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addictions services to people living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, a large geographical area which is home to approximately 600,000 people.
The Trust also provides specialist services for children, including physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and support for children and young people and their families who are experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties.
Our specialist services, such as forensic support and offender health, support patients from the wider Yorkshire and Humber area and from further afield.
The Trust also runs Whitby Hospital, a community hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and community services to Whitby and the surrounding area, and eight GP practices - two in Hull and six in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
We employ approximately 3050 staff across more than 70 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Whitby. As a teaching Trust, we work closely with our major academic partners, Hull York Medical School and Hull University, nurturing a workforce of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
Key details
Location
Site: STaRS, Townend Court
Address: 298 Cottingham Rd, Town Hull
Postcode: HU68QR
Major / Minor Region: East Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Regular pattern to be confirmed, hours to include shifts and weekend working.)
Salary
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
Main area: Occupational Therapy
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.
Job overview
Are you passionate about promoting independence and recovery through everyday activities?
The Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service (STaRS) are looking to recruit a Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) to join an established Multi-Disciplinary Team. STaRS is a ground-breaking mental health rehabilitation service which offers intensive, high quality, person-centred rehabilitation interventions in both inpatient settings and in the community. The service is based in Hull and serves clients across Hull and East Yorkshire.
The successful candidate will be based on the ward (a five bedded, mixed, mental health rehabilitation ward) and also be expected to work in the community (client’s homes and third sector providers) to support service users in their recovery. The successful applicant will have excellent engagement skills and will be proactive and person centred in working with people who have complex needs.
The candidate will work closely alongside their occupational therapy colleagues and wider MDT. They will undertake assessments and interventions as directed by members of the occupational therapy team with service users on the ward. The candidate will also work collaboratively with our service users and their families/carers, and with a range of colleagues and partner agencies to support the service users through their ongoing recovery journey from their mental health difficulties.
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Work undertaken by the team is aimed at maximising service users’ activities of daily living, skill development, development of meaningful activity and routine and to promote social inclusion.
There will be a requirement for the Occupational Therapy Assistant to work flexibly in line with rosters and shift patterns.
The post holder will be managed by the Team Manager/Advanced Occupational Therapist, and professionally supervised by a member of the Occupational Therapy team.
All teams in the Mental Health Service in Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are committed to supervision, annual personal development reviews and undergraduate student education.
The successful applicant needs to have the ability to commute within the Trust’s geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.
It is expected that the successful applicant will have knowledge of occupational therapy and ideally have experience of working with occupational therapists.
The successful candidate will be put on the appropriate salary pay point based on their previous experience in the role or similar role. If you do not have appropriate training we are open to the development of staff. You will be encouraged to engage in your professional development needs.
Working for our organisation
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trust’s geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.
If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
If you require sponsorship
On 1 July 2024, NHS England strengthened its commitment to supporting employees already working for the NHS who wish to embark upon an apprenticeship to aid career development.
To ensure these staff do not experience a detriment to their basic pay, the salary for duration of the apprenticeship will be consistent with their current pay or the rate paid to other apprentices, whichever is higher (subject to eligibility criteria).
This change supports exiting NHS employees to undertake a formal apprenticeship programme which, upon completion, would qualify them for a role where the evaluated pay band is the same or higher than the band of their current post.
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Applicant requirements
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
Knowledge and qualification
Essential criteria
* Working knowledge of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g., Mental Health Act, DOLs, Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion etc.
* NVQ III in health or social care or equivalent relevant academic knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
* Willingness to undertake further academic development
Experience
Essential criteria
* Appropriate knowledge/experience of working within mental health/learning disabilities clinical practice areas
* Experience of working in Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
* Work experience in health care setting
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
* Effective IT Skills
* Able to work under the direction of a qualified member of staff
* Can work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and patient group.
* Have good communication and interpersonal skills to engage and advocate for patients that may experience complex mental health needs.
* Ability to commute within the Trust geographical area with access to an appropriate means of transport.
Desirable criteria
* Willing to undertake further training as required to support role development and competencies
Documents
* Job Description & Person Spec (304.6)PDFKB
* Recruitment of Ex-offenders (336.6)PDFKB
* Being Humber (1.1)PDFMB
* Staff Benefits (1.4)PDFMB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: David Boynton
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01482 336846
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