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Specialist Occupational Therapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, no weekends)
Job ref
346-FMH-115-24
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMP Haverigg
Town
Haverigg
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
15/07/2024

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

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 overview

We are pleased to offer a brand-new opportunity for an Occupational Therapist interested in working with the mental health team based in HMP Haverigg on a permanent basis.

HM Prison Haverigg is a Category D men's prison, located in the village of Haverigg in Cumbria. The prison is situated just outside the beautiful Lake District National Park.

Applicants may include competent Band 5 Occupational Therapists seeking to expand their skills or an existing Band 6 Occupational Therapists interested in this expanding area of practice.

The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the Trust’s OT Pathway linked to health and justice services and offer input to individuals, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team including clinicians, prison staff, families and carers.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy, and inspiration to co-develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with individuals with complex mental health needs in the context of a prison setting.

Support within the occupational therapy network in Health and Justice Services in TEWV is readily available 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. 

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

Working for our organisation

A great experience for our colleagues

We're committed to co-creating a great experience for our colleagues. This means listening to what staff are telling us and working together to be the best employer we can be.

Valuing our staff

Our staff are our most important asset and recognising their excellent work and the vital contributions they make to patient care is very important.

Investors in people

We have achieved the gold Investors in People (IIP) standard and have been commended on great people management practice and demonstrating a commitment to staff development.

Disability Confident Scheme

We are signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme. This means we have to demonstrate that we're taking positive action to attract, recruit and retain disabled people

Continuously improving services

We have an award-winning system for delivering efficiency through clinician-led quality improvements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Additional contact details: 

Charlotte French - Occupational Therapy Lead

[email protected]

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registration with HCPC
  • Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • 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)
Desirable criteria
  • Accredited Practice Placement Educator (APPLE)
  • Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of delivering Occupational Therapy including experience working with service users in mental health or learning disabilities with complex needs
  • Experience of participation in quality improvement activities
  • Experience of participation in clinical governance activities
  • Experience of developing and delivering training

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • 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

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
  • Solve complex clinical problems
  • Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Manage own caseload and prioritise effectively
  • Motivate and work positively and constructively with other members of the team
  • Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
  • Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Keith Murphy
Job title
Team Manager. HMP Haverigg
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01229 713031
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