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Site MINT East Hounslow Town Brentford Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of 15% HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2025 23:59
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Hounslow Mental Health Integrated Network Team (MINT) is an integrated community and outpatient mental health team committed to providing comprehensive and high-quality mental and physical health care that addresses the needs of our diverse community. We accept referrals for service users transitioning from Children & Adolescents up to Specialist Older Adults. We are currently seeking to recruit to our multidisciplinary team and are inviting applications for the position of Occupational Therapist. This opportunity will allow you to work alongside a dedicated team of professionals focused on improving the mental and physical health of our community under the Community Mental Health Framework for adults.
You will play a key role in dissolving the barriers that can exist between mental and physical health, social care, voluntary and community social enterprise (VCSE) and local communities. You will be working in secondary care, Monday to Friday, to deliver integrated, personalised, place-based and well-coordinated care for adults. We are moving towards a ‘whole system’ of mental health care, which will provide timely access to support, care and treatment.
Main duties of the job
As a community based Occupational Therapist your duties will include but not be limited to:
§ To provide a person centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users, situated within the MINT team with occupational therapists and other multi-disciplinary team members.
§ To actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance.
§ To use evidence-based principles to apply clinical skills and reasoning in occupational therapy, assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation which include individual and group orientated approaches.
§ To be a resource for the team, providing occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of occupational therapy in the MINT service.
§ To provide leadership and to take responsibility for the direct supervision of less clinically experienced staff, link and peer support workers and students, including conducting Performance Development Reviews (PDR) as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Professional qualification (BSc (Hons) or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
* Registered Occupational Therapist on the HCPC register
* Registered with Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Experience
* Achieved Band 5 OT KSF sub-set
* Achieved full KSF outline for Band 5 OT (usually second year post qualified)
* Relevant post-qualified OT experience in Mental Health
* Application of core OT skills and OT process
* Multidisciplinary team working
* Involvement in research and clinical audit
* Experience of supervision of students and staff
* Substantial post qualified experience as an OT (or equivalent role) in a health or social care economy or third sector setting
Knowledge
* Ability to articulate and apply relevant experience to mental health setting
* Research methodology
* Core skills of OT process
* Models of practice
* Clinical and environmental risk
* Equality and diversity
* Understanding of team dynamics
* Awareness of need to work within appropriate boundaries
* Principles of clinical governance
* Group work theory and practice
* Practice placement education training
* Evidence of post-qualified training in Mental Health
* Relevant current legislation, NICE guidelines, risk and care assessment / management
* Clinical/case supervision training
* Use of Model of Human Occupation or relevant Occupational Therapy Model of Practice
Skills
* Organisational ability
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to build rapport with service users, carers and colleagues
* Evidence of ability in OT assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation
* Use of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
* Ability to work independently and under supervision as part of a team
* Contribution to service development and the training of others
* Supervisory skills
* Ability to prepare and present papers at study days and conferences
* Ability to apply (research) evidence-based practice
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise others’ performance
Personal Qualities
* Ability to frequently work under pressure and maintain intense concentration, particularly in unpredictable situations where there will be exposure to highly distressed and/ or disturbed patients, often exhibiting challenging behaviours and the risk of physical violence.
* Ability to meet deadlines
* Commitment to equal opportunities.
* Exercise initiative, flexibility and tact and self-awareness
* Willing to use peer and group supervision creatively.
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).
Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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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.
At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.
We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.
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