Specialist Occupational Therapist

Tewv Brits; Hartlepool; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to come and join the Hartlepool Occupational Therapy Hub for an 8 month fixed term/secondment period. The role involves working with adults within the local area who are involved with both the Community Interface Team and the Treatment Intervention team.

Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.

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.

This would be a fantastic opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist looking to develop within an Adult OT Team.

Main duties of the job

1. 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.
2. To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
3. To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision.
4. To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working.
5. To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives.
6. To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
7. To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
8. To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

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 working with young people and families.

The postholder 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 young people have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the Lead Occupational Therapist. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the young people and their families/carers.

The successful candidate will be compassionate, enthusiastic and motivated to improve the lives of young people with a learning disability who are presenting with significant behaviours that challenge, whilst also minimising the impact of mental ill health. The successful candidate will be delivering occupational therapy working flexible hours across the entire week.

The ability to engage and communicate with children and young people across the developmental spectrum as well as the parents/carers and system around them is essential. They 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.

For further information please contact Sarah Lumley OT lead: [e-mail] or 01429 803651.

Person Specification

Specialist Occupational Therapist

• 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).
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.

Experience

• Significant experience of delivering 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 developing and delivering training.
• Day to day supervision of staff.

Knowledge

• National guidance and key standards in own specialist area.
• Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice.
• Legal aspects of Moving and Handling.
• Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and its application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice.
• Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Significant knowledge to post-graduate level of the needs and difficulties of service users in designated specialist area.
• Significant knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area.
• Research and development methodology.
• Knowledge of the Trust's Quality Improvement System (or willingness to learn in agreed timescale).

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata) per annum.