Senior Occupational Therapist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 7DJ |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6212800/294-AAUC-6212800-PB |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join one of our acute wards where you will contribute to the implementation of new systems working within a supportive MDT Team.
We have nine acute admission wards for working age adults covering the Trust for patients requiring assessment and/or treatment. The service provision is 24 hours seven days a week. The teams are Multidisciplinary and you will have a role in mentoring and supporting junior staff.
We are looking to recruit experienced and enthusiastic occupational therapists to work within a stimulating inpatient setting with scope for innovation in relation to the development of networks with community teams and other external agencies. You will have excellent assessment, risk management and communication skills and a commitment to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with service users and carers.
You will have experience of working collaboratively with people with a range of mental health problems in the inpatient service. Confidence in decision making is essential as you will be autonomous in your practice; you will be responsive to carry out routine and urgent assessments using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessment including MOHO tools. You will also provide leadership for the Activity Coordinator on the ward and offer quality practice educator skills for our OT students.
This post is suitable for experienced Band 5 OTs who are looking to develop into a Band 6 position and we offer a specific “Preceptorship Plus” Pathway for candidates who meet this criteria.
The successful candidate should have the ability to:
• Develop competences and expertise in both self and others in order to gain a satisfactory standard and deliver results within agreed timescales.
• Contribute towards a team atmosphere through hard work, calmness, tolerance and consistency, attempting to fulfil work projects with honesty and integrity.
• Be persistent in problem solving, seeking solutions through the expertise of both self and others, researching the facts with care and resolving problems in a timely and thorough manner.
• Remain self-controlled and be prepared to listen to what others say and feel, deal with conflict in an accommodating manner and use practicality as a method for reaching a solution.
• Provide optimum levels of leadership, if required, encouragement, training and support.
• Mentor, counsel, coach and generally support those who are not confident in their area of competence, building morale and personal esteem and generally encouraging others to give their best performance.
• Be firm and persistent when expressing views and provide thoughts and ideas to overcome problems once the situation has been properly debated.
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.
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 of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Tolworth Hospital, Surbiton
To create the very best environment to care for our patients, this site’s layout will be transformed in 2026 to add a number of wards to the existing three. Tolworth has a canteen and is near shops, the A3, Tolworth station, and is a bus ride from Surbiton station, with fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.
Clinical
• To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of disability on occupational performance and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client’s social and physical environment.
• To promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture physical health and age.
• To promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence based practice. This is underpinned by the principles of hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention.
• To independently manage a clinical caseload of service user with complex mental health needs, taking on the role of care co-ordinator and/or vocational lead where relevant.
• To identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan, using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessments, including MOHO tools.
• To exercise clinical professional judgement in complex clinical cases and difficult clinical situation, referring to senior staff when necessary.
• To consider both physical and mental health needs as part of the occupational therapy assessment.
• To plan and implement specialist individual and/or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and satisfactory occupational performance outcome.
• To identify any significant risk factors in line with local policies, with support from senior staff
• To contribute to and work within clinical pathways and protocols.
• To evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions and quality of clinical decisions in conjunction with service users/carers, other professionals etc.
Communication
• To establish and maintain effective communication networks with users and carers, team members, occupational therapy colleagues and other agencies.
• To communicate with people in a manner consistent with their culture, background and preferred ways of communicating.
• To work as a member of the inter-professional team, attending meetings and contributing to decisions with regard to the care and treatment of service users.
• To work in partnership with PCT, LA, voluntary and other relevant agencies to promote a seamless service.
• To educate service users and carers on occupational therapy interventions, for example, the use of equipment.
• To promote awareness of the role of occupational therapy within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate.
Documentation
• To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
• To provide specialist occupational therapy reports on a regular basis in line with professional guidance and relevant clinical pathways.
• To ensure service users have access to care plans in line with local policies.
Professional ethics
• To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and Trust procedures.
• To demonstrate continuing fitness to practice through maintaining registration with HPC and compliance with their standards.
• To respect the values, individuality, cultural and religious diversity of service users and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
Leadership, supervision & development reviews
• To review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and KSF development review.
• To provide effective guidance, supervision and development review for junior staff.
Training staff & students
• To contribute to the induction and training of students and other staff both within or external to the Trust.
• To be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of occupational therapy students on practice placement within the Trust. The expectation is to have a minimum of one occupational therapy student a year.
• To undertake the role of preceptor when required.
Service development & delivery
• To participate in the planning and delivery of service developments in your area, leading on designated projects, with senior support.
• To contribute to relevant professional and service development meetings.
• To actively encourage user involvement in service development.
Professional development
• To undertake learning activities in line with personal development plan.
• To apply acquired specialist skills and knowledge in clinical practice in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practice at senior level.
• To produce evidence of the application of knowledge and skills as set out in the relevant KSF outline.
• To maintain a professional portfolio for CPD recording and reflecting on learning outcomes.
Clinical governance, quality, standards
• To contribute to the clinical governance and quality agenda including the setting and monitoring of practice standards.
• To demonstrate understanding of national guidelines and legislation relating to health and social care and apply in clinical practice.
Line management, staff, budgets, dept
• To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
• To be responsible for maintaining stock and advising on resources to carry out the job, including the management of petty cash.
• To coordinate the day to day activities of junior staff where applicable.
• To participate in general administrative and co-ordination tasks as required for the smooth running of the service.
Research & practice development
• To promote and apply best evidence to service delivery.
• To undertake audit projects relevant to occupational therapy and/or service area, disseminating findings at local level.
• To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024