Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time 9-5
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5)
- Job ref
- 270-TF311-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Danetre Hospital
- Town
- Daventry
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
· Providing OT service and representation in Memory Assessment Services (MAS). To hold an OT caseload and to manage a caseload of service users with complex needs.
· To use evidence based/service user centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
Main duties of the job
· To provide Leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.
· To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
· To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT services.
· To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Provide functional assessments to aid diagnostic processes and care needs.
2. Plan and implement service user individual or group interventions.
3. Monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with complex needs.
4. Provide screening of cognitive functioning in relation to driving ability.
5. Provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the service users, social and
physical environment.
6. Undertake other service responsibilities for example, duty work as expected.
7. Provide effective guidance, supervision, and appraisal for junior staff.
8. Establish robust communication networks with service users, carers and other professionals and
agencies.
9. Ensure up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance
with professional and trust standards
10. Maintain registration and comply with standards set by Health Care Professionals HCPC, and
Trust policies and procedures.
11. Respect individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of service users.
12. In line with local guidelines review and reflect on own practice and performance through
effective use of supervision and appraisals.
13. Facilitate and provide education and training to staff, professionals, service users and carers.
14. To be responsible for the supervision and assessment of OT students.
15. Participate in the operational planning, evaluation and implementation of policy and service
development within the team, leading on delegated projects
16. Demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external
development opportunities.
17. Exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
18. To undertake research or audits projects relevant to OT or service area, disseminating findings at
local level.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to client group
- • Knowledge of OT models of practice
- At least two years experience
Desirable criteria
- • Good communication skills – verbal and written
- • Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation, including CPA and risk assessment and management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of OT models of practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bridgett Chikandwa
- Job title
- Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07927131911
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