About this role
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with older adults. A part time position has become available in Bromley Older Adult Community Mental Health Team and we warmly welcome your applications. You will deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment and recovery-focused interventions to a small caseload through individual and group work. You will promote active engagement in meaningful occupations and facilitate the skills development and independence of service users.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work in collaboration with other Occupational Therapists in the CMHT in contributing to the development and delivery of the OT pathway, while also holding care co-ordination responsibility for a small, defined number of service users. You will promote occupational therapy, supervise support staff and students, and contribute to service development and quality improvement across the service. We are seeking someone that is motivated, organised, able to work autonomously and work collaboratively with the MDT, as well as our partners in the acute directorate to promote recovery and ensure a smooth transition for patients.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
Clinical
To manage a clinical caseload
To work as a member of the MDT
To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work.
To contribute to service development
To participate in research/audit activities
To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT students on fieldwork placement
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
To work independently without direct supervision
To follow an agreed job plan
To manage a capped caseload of service users with complex mental health needs, taking on the role of Care Co-ordinator
- On occasions, you may be required to support the duty system
To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques
To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times
To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and identify outcomes
To plan and deliver services in line with the CPA framework, Community Mental Health Framework and NHS Long Term Plan
To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability
To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions
To identify appropriate & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
To manage effective discharge ensuring service user and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
To contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a Band 6 OT
To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust
To contribute and maintain CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities
To contribute to the teams clinical governance and quality agenda
To demonstrate understanding and application of national guidelines and legislation relating to mental health & social care provision
To apply risk management procedures at all times
To promote and facilitate service user involvement in own clinical area
Person Specification
HCPC Registration Essential
HCPC registration At least two years post qualified experience Degree in Occupational Therapy
transport Desirable
Access to vehicle for community work
Skills Essential
Experience working in the community with older adults with mental health needs Clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion
Knowledge Essential
Experience of care coordination/care management
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Bridgeways
Turpington Road
Bromley
BR2 8JZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)