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Job summary

Main area
Community Mental Health Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 15 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-TSA-010-24-B
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Foxrush House
Town
Redcar & Cleveland
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59

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

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 post is fixed term until MAY 2025.

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time,  fixed term (15 months),  Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy team working in the Redcar & Cleveland Community Mental Health service, working across the Treatment & Intervention team as well as the Community Hub, both being based in Foxrush House.

The multi-disciplinary team works with adults with complex mental health needs across Redcar & Cleveland to provide a bespoke and holistic service to improve outcomes for patients.

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.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway as well as supporting newly qualified staff through the preceptorship programme.

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 people with a wide range of complex mental health presentations as well as their family/ carers and system around them is essential.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The post holder 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.

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.

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 :- 

Esther Birkby (Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist)

[email protected]

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 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)
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 supervising students on placement
  • Experience of participation in quality improvement activities
  • Experience of participation in clinical governance activities
  • Experience of developing and delivering training
Desirable criteria
  • Day to day supervision of staff

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrew Granville
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 838333
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