An opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join the occupational therapy rotation in central Lancashire, which is a well-established rotation post with a variety of learning opportunities. The rotation offers the opportunity to undertake occupational therapy in acute mental health, forensic services, and community mental health.
You will be involved in the maintenance and delivery of Occupational Therapy Services across the trust, including the coordination and implementation of tailored specific treatment programmes for your own caseload. There are excellent facilities ranging from ward-based involvement to a custom-built therapeutic resources centre (with a range of facilities including a sports hall and gym), a vocational rehabilitation facility, a social centre, as well as accessing the community and community-based interventions within CMHT.
Lancashire and South Cumbria Care NHS Foundation Trust is a Community and Mental Health Trust whose services include mental health and substance misuse services to the residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust also provides low and medium secure care and forensic services.
Secure Mental Health Care for Lancashire and South Cumbria is provided at Guild Lodge, Whittingham. The service has steadily expanded since its inception in 1999 and currently has a range of inpatient and community services including 164 beds.
Main duties of the job
Please note: A means of transport is essential, and applicants must be willing to undergo an enhanced DBS Clearance as part of the pre-employment checks.
To provide an occupational therapy service to those accessing mental health services across Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust. The post is a rotational post, whereby the post holder rotates to a new area of practice every 12 months, ranging from inpatient acute mental health services to forensic mental health.
As part of the Occupational Therapy Service, the job holder will be required to work in a variety of clinical areas with an allocated caseload.
The post holder will be supervised to develop their understanding of the relationship between occupation, mental and physical health, to provide occupational therapy utilizing assessment from the Model of Human Occupation and C-MOPE. In order to maintain, restore, or create a match beneficial to the individual between the abilities of the person, the demands of their occupations in the areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure, and the demands of the environment.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information, please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Diploma/BSc/MSc in Occupational Therapy (OT)
* Ongoing registration with Health Professionals Council.
Knowledge
Essential
* Some knowledge of current best practice in OT (including secure mental health services).
* Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice.
* Understanding of team dynamics.
* Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management.
* Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
* Health, safety and risk awareness.
Experience
Essential
* Application of the Occupational Therapy process.
* Broad range of undergraduate practice placement experience.
* Use of functional assessment and the analysis of occupation.
* Positive learning from experience gained in mental health settings pre or post qualification.
Skills
Essential
* Group work skills.
* Ability to work single-handedly with individuals and groups.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
* Effective written and oral communication skills.
* Computer literacy.
Special requirements
Essential
* Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice.
* Commitment to lifelong learning.
* Willingness to work flexibly to meet client needs.
* Enhanced DBS disclosure willingness.
* Mandatory Violence Reduction Training fitness.
* Ability to meet travel requirements of role.
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guild Lodge
Whittingham
Preston
PR3 2JH
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