Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Islington CMHT
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 pro rata incl of HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, N7 9NY |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6239457/455-MH4553-AL-G |
Summary
A Vacancy at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
We are the Islington Community Mental Health Team, a high-quality health and social care service in the London Borough of Islington provided by the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, who are passionate about supporting older adults with mental illness and/or people affected by dementia.
We are looking to recruit anOccupational Therapistwho shares our passion to strive towards excellence in older people’s mental health and dementia care and who affiliates with our Trust’s culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:
• Early and effective intervention– we offer a range of evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Helping people to live well– we use the DIALOGUE+ approach for holistic care planning
• Research and innovation– we are keen to develop our Assistive Technology offer further
• Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe– we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working
Do you share these values? If so, read on…
As an occupational therapist you will be responsible for a caseload of older adults who require health and/or social care interventions. You will carry out specialist OT assessments & interventions . You will regularly see your patients, and their carers, in their own homes. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and work closely with the clinical lead nurse for the team.
We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work independently. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.
You’ll be able to demonstrate experience in working with older people and/or dementia care and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
If you have the right values for the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role.
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
• Early and Effective Intervention
• Helping People to Live Well
• Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
• We value each other
• We are empowered
• We keep things simple
• We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I Cultural pillars are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.
Main duties of the role:
• To provide specialist occupational therapy in the service users’ home or relevant community setting, to service users with complex needs (mental health and/or dementia, physical health and age-related frailty) by assessing, planning and evaluating all stages of the occupational therapy process considering the needs of a diverse community.
• To carry out comprehensive functional assessments to determine the impact of mental and physical health conditions including cognitive and/or sensory impairment on a service user’s abilities and deliver evidence-based intervention to maintain or improve service user’s occupational performance, restore occupational identity and promote independence.
• To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions in collaboration with service users using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To assess for and provide equipment including instructions on safe use as well as advise on environmental adaptations and use of assistive technology where indicated or refer on to other relevant agencies when appropriate.
• To evaluate care and interventions and to modify and adjust accordingly with service user and carers on a regular basis.
• To apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence-based interventions in accordance with existing care pathways.
• To provide the occupational therapy perspective to MDT meetings and case discussions including discharge and or transfer/ placement of service users.
• To assess and manage risk on a continuous basis, in line with Trust policy. At all times to act in accordance with Trust policies in relation to risk assessment contributing to comprehensive assessments of risk and monitoring as appropriate.
• To encourage service users to accept an optimum level of responsibility for their programme of care and with their consent and where appropriate, seek the co-operation of friends, relatives and carers.
• To be a resource for the team providing occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service within the team.
• To participate on the team's duty rota.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024
We are the Islington Community Mental Health Team, a high-quality health and social care service in the London Borough of Islington provided by the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, who are passionate about supporting older adults with mental illness and/or people affected by dementia.
We are looking to recruit anOccupational Therapistwho shares our passion to strive towards excellence in older people’s mental health and dementia care and who affiliates with our Trust’s culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:
• Early and effective intervention– we offer a range of evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Helping people to live well– we use the DIALOGUE+ approach for holistic care planning
• Research and innovation– we are keen to develop our Assistive Technology offer further
• Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe– we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working
Do you share these values? If so, read on…
As an occupational therapist you will be responsible for a caseload of older adults who require health and/or social care interventions. You will carry out specialist OT assessments & interventions . You will regularly see your patients, and their carers, in their own homes. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and work closely with the clinical lead nurse for the team.
We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work independently. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.
You’ll be able to demonstrate experience in working with older people and/or dementia care and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
If you have the right values for the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role.
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
• Early and Effective Intervention
• Helping People to Live Well
• Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
• We value each other
• We are empowered
• We keep things simple
• We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I Cultural pillars are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.
Main duties of the role:
• To provide specialist occupational therapy in the service users’ home or relevant community setting, to service users with complex needs (mental health and/or dementia, physical health and age-related frailty) by assessing, planning and evaluating all stages of the occupational therapy process considering the needs of a diverse community.
• To carry out comprehensive functional assessments to determine the impact of mental and physical health conditions including cognitive and/or sensory impairment on a service user’s abilities and deliver evidence-based intervention to maintain or improve service user’s occupational performance, restore occupational identity and promote independence.
• To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions in collaboration with service users using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
• To assess for and provide equipment including instructions on safe use as well as advise on environmental adaptations and use of assistive technology where indicated or refer on to other relevant agencies when appropriate.
• To evaluate care and interventions and to modify and adjust accordingly with service user and carers on a regular basis.
• To apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence-based interventions in accordance with existing care pathways.
• To provide the occupational therapy perspective to MDT meetings and case discussions including discharge and or transfer/ placement of service users.
• To assess and manage risk on a continuous basis, in line with Trust policy. At all times to act in accordance with Trust policies in relation to risk assessment contributing to comprehensive assessments of risk and monitoring as appropriate.
• To encourage service users to accept an optimum level of responsibility for their programme of care and with their consent and where appropriate, seek the co-operation of friends, relatives and carers.
• To be a resource for the team providing occupational therapy professional guidance, and to lead on the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service within the team.
• To participate on the team's duty rota.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 May 2024