Clinical Occupational Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation is proud to be part of the South London Partnership (SLP) Forensic Programme along with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George's NHS Trust as an NHS England New Model of Care. One of the aspirations of the SLP is to strengthen the interface between the forensic acute inpatient men's service enabling a smooth transition and improved experience in South London by actively linking in with prison healthcare.

In response to this, Oxleas is seeking a Band 6 Clinical Occupational Therapist to be based at the Bracton Centre in Dartford, Kent. The Band 6 Clinical Occupational Therapist will provide occupational therapy assessment, treatment, and interventions individually and in groups with responsibility for providing clinical supervision of junior colleagues and students.

The post holder will work with both individuals and groups and contribute directly to the Seven Day Therapies Programme on average one in four weekends, either a Saturday or Sunday on a rota basis.

The role is based on a female only ward.

Main duties of the job

Provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self- care, work and leisure
Work as a member of the multi-professional team
To manage a clinical caseload
To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
To contribute to service development
To participate in research/audit activities
To provide OT advice to the multi-professional team
To work independently without direct supervision
Supervise the work of junior staff including OT students on clinical placement
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans
Provide OT assessment and interventions for the service user group
Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT Service
Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda
To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust
To maintain and update a CPD portfolio

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

Date posted

18 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-5823769-FOR-E

Job locations

The Bracton Centre

Bracton Lane

Dartford

DA2 7AF

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs
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 to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
To plan and implement service users led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To ensure service users health, social, cultural, and spiritual needs are always considered
To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for offenders with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and identify outcomes
To plan and deliver services within the Care Programme Approach framework
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 and inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
To manage effective discharge ensuring service users and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
To contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans
To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards
To actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation To participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area
To raise awareness of the OT service within own clinical area
To participate in the development of the OT service within own clinical area
To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge 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 to CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities
To maintain and update a CPD portfolio

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs
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 to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
To plan and implement service users led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To ensure service users health, social, cultural, and spiritual needs are always considered
To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for offenders with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and identify outcomes
To plan and deliver services within the Care Programme Approach framework
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 and inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
To manage effective discharge ensuring service users and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
To contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans
To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards
To actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation To participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area
To raise awareness of the OT service within own clinical area
To participate in the development of the OT service within own clinical area
To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge 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 to CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities
To maintain and update a CPD portfolio

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oDiploma/degree in OT oUK HCPC Registration
Experience - Significant clinical experience in Forensic and / or Mental Health setting
Skills - Demonstrate evidence of leadership skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oDiploma/degree in OT oUK HCPC Registration
Experience - Significant clinical experience in Forensic and / or Mental Health setting
Skills - Demonstrate evidence of leadership skills

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).