Occupational Therapist - Band 6 or 5/6 Development
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Please note if you are based at the Hemel Hempstead site your salary will include HCAs
We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for either Band 6 or an experienced Band 5 professional to consider this role as a development position, progressing from Band 5 to Band 6.
Occupational Therapy goals are central to each service user's care plan within EROS, offering a unique opportunity to enhance leadership and care planning skills. The role allows for autonomy in practice and encourages creative, forward-thinking approaches to recovery.
In EROS, we support flexible working patterns. The successful candidate will be mentored by experienced Band 7 OTs, along with a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team.
EROS provides rehabilitation interventions and support to individuals with complex and enduring long term severe mental illness in the community.
We are proud to be one of the top five recommended NHS Trusts to work for, and hold a CQC rating of Outstanding. You will also be able to enjoy an extensive range of trust-wide staff benefits including:
* 27 days annual leave on entry to NHS
* One of the best pension schemes in the UK
* Flexible working options
* Car leasing scheme
* Wellbeing events and activities
* A 24-hour staff support helpline
Main duties of the job
As a new Occupational Therapist in the team, you will be welcomed into a safe and supportive staff team, who empower and encourage one another in being the best version of ourselves for the benefit of those we care for. One of our current Occupational Therapists says, "I have been working in the Trust for 10 years and I can say that EROS is definitely the most occupational focused job I have ever had. It gives opportunity for us to be our own profession and focus on our own specialism."
Working to and developing professional strengths is a key part of the EROS culture. Staff have access to professional networks and there is Senior Leadership across all key disciplines to provide guidance, support and innovation across the pathways.
The service has been successful in both improving outcomes and the experience of care for individuals. It has supported people to return to the community, avoid admissions and has reduced the reliance on inpatient services and overall length of stay. It has been praised by professional bodies including the Royal College of Psychiatrists for its innovative approach and has been shortlisted for a number of national awards.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
* Welcoming
* Kind
* Positive
* Respectful
* Professional
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like to work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Job responsibilities
In your new role you will:
* Provide Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions for a specified service user group under the EROS team
* Manage a caseload of service users with complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in community settings, placements and on home visits
* Provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal
* Contribute to the development and implementation of the Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach Services to provide a high-quality service to service users and their carers
Person Specification
Qualifications
* State registration with HCPC
* Completion of Preceptorship at Band 5 level. Evidence of having met the full KSF Full Gateway for Band 5
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* To have an understanding of a range of mental health conditions and their impact on occupational participation and performance
* Membership of BAOT and/or specialist section
* First line management training
* Solution Focused Brief Therapy training
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
Experience
* Experience of working with people with mental health problems/learning disability
* Experience of working with people living with severe and enduring mental health issues.
* Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting
* Experience in a range of clinical settings with experience of providing both individual and group work.
* Knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation and MoHO assessment tools
* Experience of generic and specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions.
* Experience at having worked at Band 6 level
* Experience in providing advice, support, and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
* Experience in research or audit
* Supervision and appraisals
Skills
* Effective written and oral communication skills
* Understanding of team dynamics
* Training and facilitation skills
* Supervisory skills
* Experience in delivering presentations and/or active part in learning opportunities, e.g. leading professional development sessions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Address
St Pauls, Slippers Hill, Hemel Hempstead HP2 5XY/ Saffron Ground
Salary
£29,970 to £44,962 a year, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
367-LD&F-9142-A
Job locations
St Pauls, Slippers Hill, Hemel Hempstead HP2 5XY/ Saffron Ground
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