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Job Summary
You will be expected to be an enthusiastic and passionate clinician joining the Primary Care Mental Health Team in Sheffield, delivering interventions to people living with severe mental illness and complex mental health needs. The successful candidate will be expected to manage a defined and varied caseload of community-based clients with severe mental illness or complex mental health needs, using specialist Occupational Therapy skills and evidence-based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. As well as working directly with clients, you will support stakeholder approaches to client care and interventions. The successful candidate will be expected to integrate into the PCMH MDT, the PCN and the relevant VCSEs.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with a commitment to advocating for the Primary Care Mental Health Team, who will work as part of a team that values innovation, motivation, and compassion.
* To supervise Occupational Therapy students on practice placement.
* To hold and manage a client caseload independently.
* To provide leadership for junior staff, as delegated by the supervisor.
* To participate in the development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy under the supervision of a Senior Occupational Therapist.
* To participate in multi-disciplinary assessments and interventions.
* To contribute to the development and maintenance of high professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programs.
* To participate in multidisciplinary pathways.
About Us
At SHSC, we prioritize the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying upfront. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy.
Job responsibilities
* To select and apply Occupational Therapy Assessments for a caseload addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, leisure, and engagement.
* To plan and implement client-centered individual and/or group interventions, using clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment interventions to achieve therapeutic goals.
* To monitor, evaluate, and modify treatment for clients with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
* Completing outcome measures.
* To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the client's social and physical environment where applicable.
* To provide effective leadership, performance management, supervision, and appraisal for junior staff.
* To provide specialist advice to OT colleagues in other clinical areas.
* To provide specialist advice and training to carers, clients, and other professionals.
* To be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of Occupational Therapy students on practice placement within the Trust.
* To participate in the operational planning and implementation of policy and service development within the team.
* To maintain a high level of knowledge of resources, service, and national issues relating to people who have a learning disability.
* To apply specialist skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a senior Occupational Therapist.
* To be actively involved in the development and implementation of the new service structure.
Person Specification
Essential
* Degree in Occupational Therapy with 18 months experience.
* Willingness to participate in other related training, as deemed appropriate by SHSC.
* Professional Registration.
Experience
* Experience of and evidence of interest in working in a role with people SMI/ Complex mental health needs.
* MDT working.
* Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
* Commitment to client-centered, non-discriminatory practice.
* Experience of formulating and delivering care plans.
Knowledge and Skills
* Extensive clinical knowledge including skills in individual and group work.
* Working knowledge of MCA.
* Ability to organise and respond effectively to complex information under pressure.
* Excellent presentation skills verbal and written.
* In-depth knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice and assessment tools.
* Understand team dynamics and the ability to work as part of the team.
* Ability to work autonomously, identify and manage priorities.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
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.
Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Primary Care Mental Health Team- City Wide Community Service, SHSC Centre Court, Sheffield, S4 7QQ
Employer's website: https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us
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