Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team. The occupational therapy team is based within the secure inpatient service covering all wards within Ridgeway, Roseberry Park hospital in Middlesbrough. The post is open to newly qualified and established Band 5 occupational therapists.
The multi-disciplinary team works with adults with mental health and learning disabilities who require a secure inpatient setting and their families to deliver occupational therapy assessment and treatment.
We are looking for OTs who can work flexibly to meet service needs and have the vision, energy, and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy.
You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in Secure inpatient and health and justice in TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilizing core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure.
* To use client-centred approaches to co-produce negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
* To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision.
* To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
* To contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives.
* To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
* To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
* To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.
The post will offer varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal. Well-defined supervision systems are in place.
About us
As an occupational therapist in TEWV, you will be professionally and clinically accountable for your own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust values at all times and operating as a member of the team, service, and organization.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway and offer input to individuals, their families, and carers, in a secure inpatient setting.
All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.
The ability to engage and communicate with adults with mental health, learning needs, and/or Autism within a secure inpatient service, as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them, is essential.
Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD, and contribute to the wider OT service developments.
You must be able to demonstrate experience in the delivery of occupational therapy, a keenness to continually develop yourself and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support the use of transferable skills from a range of clinical settings.
There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.
Please note that shortlisted candidates will be expected to deliver a presentation at interview, Title: The role of a Band 5 occupational therapist within Secure Inpatient Services
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent.
* Registration with HCPC.
* Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework.
* Numeracy, Literacy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
Experience
* Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements.
* Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience presenting to groups.
Knowledge
* Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
* Safeguarding and its application in practice.
* Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision.
* Professional Code of Conduct and its application to practice.
* Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice.
* Legal aspects of Moving and Handling.
* Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
* Evidence-based practice in mental health or learning disabilities and knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (within an agreed timescale).
* Research and development methodology.
* Software packages e.g., MOHOST, OSA, AMPS (within agreed timescale).
* Understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
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.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year (pro rata), per annum.
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