Specialist Occupational Therapist (Developmental Post)
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full-time Band 5 or B6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. Applications are welcome from current Band 5 and Band 6 Occupational Therapists. We will support Band 5-6 progression with a comprehensive structured development package, with progression to a Band 6 upon meeting the criteria within the Band 6 job description and competency framework.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist in TEWV, you will manage a complex caseload independently, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service, and organisation.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure.
* To use client-centred approaches to co-producing 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 and lead on 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.
About us
The multi-disciplinary team works with adults and older people with complex mental health needs whilst inpatient in County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and their families/carers to deliver assessment and treatment of complex mental health needs with the aims of:
* Reduced length of in-patient stay at Acute and Community hospitals.
* Reduced attendances at Accident and Emergency.
* Reduced admissions, investigations and outpatient attendances by top 50 'frequent attenders.'
* Reduced admissions from A&E into acute hospitals.
* Increased proportion of patients returning to their usual place of residence.
* Reduction in "repeat" self-harm presentations to A&E subsequent admissions.
* Increased detection and treatment of depression.
* Increased detection and diagnosis of dementia.
* Increased detection and diagnosis of delirium.
You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in TEWV to develop a way of delivering a high-quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan.
Job responsibilities
The mental health services for older people crisis service covers County Durham and Darlington area and is located at Auckland Park Hospital in Bishop Auckland.
The multi-disciplinary team offers short-term intensive mental health assessment and support to patients and families who are experiencing a mental health crisis in the community, or those who have recently been discharged from hospital or are receiving intermediate care.
We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service needs and has the vision, energy, and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with older people and families.
If employed at B5 level linked to experience and skills, the post holder will complete a structured development programme and will transfer to the B6 job description when all relevant competencies have been achieved and signed off.
Person Specification
* Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent.
* Registration with HCPC.
* Successful completion of preceptorship year as a graduate occupational therapist (or equivalent in non-NHS sectors).
* Clinical Supervisory Skills course (or willingness to undertake within agreed timescale).
* Trust training in Appraisal and Recruitment (or willingness to undertake within an agreed timescale).
* Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
Experience
* Significant experience in Occupational Therapy including experience working with service users in mental health or learning disabilities with complex needs.
* Experience of supervising students on placement.
* Experience of participation in quality improvement activities.
* Experience of participation in clinical governance.
* Day to day supervision of staff.
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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