Job summary
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 referrals 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. The Occupational Therapy team is based within Esk & Danby wards at the Ayckbourn Unit, Cross Lane Hospital in Scarborough.
The multi disciplinary team works with adults with acute mental health presentations and their families/carers to deliver a high quality service.
We are looking for an occupational therapist who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to working with adults with acute mental health presentations and their families/carers.
You will access wider support from the Occupational Therapy network in North Yorkshire AMH Mental Health Services, and wider OT network within 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 in place.
Date posted
18 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-NYA-011-25
Job locations
Cross Lane Hospital
Cross Lane
Scarborough
YO12 6DN
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for details.
The post holder will provide evidence-based assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway and offer input to individuals, their families and carers in the community.
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 as well as their family/carers and support system around them is essential.
Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the Lead Occupational Therapist for North Yorkshire for adult mental health (AMH) for the Trust. The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Network 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 of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.
There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
2. Registration with HCPC
3. Clinical Supervisory Skills course (or willingness to undertake within agreed timescale).
4. Trust training in Appraisal and Recruitment (or willingness to undertake within an agreed timescale)
5. Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
6. Successful completion of preceptorship year as a graduate occupational therapist (or equivalent in non-NHS sectors)
Desirable
7. Accredited Practice Placement Educator (APPLE)
8. Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Experience
Essential
9. Significant experience in Occupational Therapy including experience working with service users in mental health or learning disabilities with complex needs.
10. Experience of supervising students on placement
11. Experience of participation in quality improvement activities
12. Experience of participation in clinical governance activities
13. Experience of developing and delivering training
Desirable
14. Day to day supervision of staff
Knowledge
Essential
15. National guidance and key standards in own specialist area
16. Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice
17. Legal aspects of Moving and Handling
18. Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and its application in practice.
19. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
20. Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
21. Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
22. Safeguarding and its application in practice.
23. Significant knowledge to post-graduate level of the needs and difficulties of service users in designated specialist area.
24. Significant knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area
25. Research and development methodology.
26. Knowledge of the Trust's Quality Improvement System (or willingness to learn in agreed timescale)
Skills
Essential
27. Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.
28. Record keeping and report writing
29. Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
30. Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
31. Manage own caseload and prioritise effectively
32. Solve complex clinical problems
33. Motivate and work positively and constructively with other members of the team
34. Delegate tasks appropriately
35. Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
36. Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision.
37. Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
38. Breakaway techniques (within agreed timescale)