Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Providing OT service and representation in Older People Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). To hold an OT caseload and to manage a caseload of service users with complex needs.
To use evidence based/service user centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To complete functional assessments in the community.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide Leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.
2. To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
3. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT services.
4. To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Experience
* Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to client group
* Knowledge of OT models of practice
* At least two years experience
* Good communication skills - verbal and written
* Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation, including risk assessment and management
Knowledge
* Knowledge of OT models of practice
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.
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