Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Ash Villa
Town: Sleaford
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/11/2024 23:59
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We are looking for a compassionate and passionate OT to join the team. Ash Villa provides a safe environment for up to 15 women who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require a hospital admission. Treatment is offered in a relaxed and comfortable environment. The ward aims to get to know patients as individuals whilst meeting their acute mental health needs.
As a valued team member, you will work with service users, carers, MDT and external services to promote patients’ independence and improve their quality of life and well-being via the provision of high quality occupational therapy. The role involves working to deliver occupational therapy provision to those admitted to the ward, focusing on occupational performance, implementation and facilitation of individual and group interventions alongside the activity coordinator, and working with other professionals to support patient’s effective recovery and discharge.
The role sits within the wider acute therapy service where we support and embrace continuing practice development opportunities. All our services use the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) for assessment and treatment with a strong focus on better supporting patients in their recovery journey, with ample support for specific training and peer supervisions around its use.
We welcome any questions or pre-application conversations regarding the role and look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
* To manage a defined caseload of clients with occupational needs as a result of an acute mental health episode, using evidence based, client centred, recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
* To carry out assessments, developing therapeutic groups and working 1-1 with patients using evidence based, client centred, recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
* The post holder will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
* To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice is of the highest standard of clinical care.
* To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.
* To ensure up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place.
* Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour.
* Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet people’s identified needs and manage their inherent risk.
* Provide OT specific assessment and interventions to individuals under the care of the PICU ward.
* Establish therapeutic relationships with service users; implement evidence based interventions in accordance with professional code of conduct, performance, ethics and standards of proficiency of registrant body (HCPC).
* Recommend adaptations to a service user’s physical and social environment, assess for falls hazards and prescribe equipment where appropriate.
* Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
* To attend Ward reviews/case conferences/professional meetings in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Responsible for ensuring that carer’s education, support and appropriate signposting is delivered.
* Advocate for mental health promotion with an emphasis on the link between occupation and health to carers and other support networks.
* Enable individuals to develop independent living skills to enable them to live in the community.
* To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making.
* Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
* To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.
* To adhere to codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.
* To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines of the N.S.F for Mental Health, N.I.C.E. and N.I.M.H.E.
* To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Acute setting and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.
* To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.
* To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the inpatient Ward Manager and Senior OT.
* Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care.
* Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.
* Comply with and carry out safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, appropriate Codes of Conduct, the Mental Health Act (1983) and other relevant national and local guidance.
* Participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
* To engage in practice development and evaluative activity.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Currently Occupational Therapist
* Registered with HCPC
* Additional knowledge and or training in MOHO model
* APPLE accreditation
Experience
* Knowledge and/or experience of working with adults with mental health needs or experience of working with adults with complex needs or adults with mental health needs and skills that are transferable.
* Experience of working with people with acute mental health needs.
* Experience of working in an inpatient setting.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Skills & Competences
* Some knowledge of national agenda for mental health.
* Good clinical reasoning skills.
* Skills in occupational therapy assessment and treatment.
* Knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
* Understanding of the therapeutic relationship and boundaries.
* Highly motivated & able to engage with patients & carers to improve outcomes.
* Ability to work independently and collectively.
* Willingness to travel to different locations to undertake role effectively.
* Ability to travel independently.
As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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