About this role
Job summary
This is a really exciting opportunity for an experienced band 6 to join the Occupational Therapy team on Aquarius ward, a general adolescent mental health inpatient unit.
The Occupational therapy team consists of this role band 6, a part time band 5 and an activity worker.
The band 6 post has recently been increased to full time giving an exciting opportunity for the new post holder to develop and expand the current Occupational Therapy provision.
The band 6 will lead the Occupational therapy team in providing a comprehensive Occupational therapy assessment and group and individual interventions to the young people on the unit. The post holder will also provide Occupational therapy consultation and support to the wider multi-disciplinary team, families, schools, and networks.
Although sensory training is not essential to this post, an understanding of sensory processing including assessment techniques and interventions such as the Alert programme, sensory spiders and ladders and the creation of sensory diets would be beneficial.
Experience working in child and adolescent mental health or with children and young people in other settings is also desirable but not essential.
Main duties of the job
Aquarius Ward is a specialist inpatient mental health provision for young people aged 12 - 18 who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. It is a 12 bedded National Unit open 365 days a year, 24h aday. It is part of the South London Partnership providing the adolescent in-patient services for young people under St George's Southwest London Mental Health Trust, South London and Maudsley and Oxleas NHS Trust. The team provides inpatient treatment for adolescents aged 12 to their 18th birthday in an acute mental health crisis that is unable to be managed in the community with conditions such as severe depression, anxiety OCD, self-harm, psychosis and mania. You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team that is committed to the provision of highly quality service user centred care.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our location:
This post will be based at Springfield Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service to service users within Aquarius ward providing interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of Recovery. To manage a defined caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence based /person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in an in-patient adolescent setting. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects. To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and produce specialist reports for case conferences. To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal. To represent occupational therapy within the multi-disciplinary team. To provide group and 1:1 interventions. To promote recovery and social inclusion. To maintain standards of OT practice as directed by the Director of Therapies. To undertake regular audit and R&D activities. To undertake the supervision of OT students on fieldwork placements. To provide Disability Champion duties leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within Specialist Services as required.
Person Specification
Education, Training & Qualifications Essential
Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy Registration to practice in the UK
Desirable
Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment
Experience Essential
Experience of carrying a caseload in a mental health setting Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Experience of supervising junior staff Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development Experience of individual and groupwork Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports Experience of participating in service development projects
Desirable
Experience of working in a range of mental health settings Successful completion of preceptorship Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user ence of being a practice placement educator Experience in using the Remotivation model with service users Experience of working with service users with significant motivational challenges Experience of being a practice placement educator
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).
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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 South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Address Springfield Hospital
15 Springfield Drive
London, Tooting
SW17 0YF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)