Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum plus HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | Wanstead, E11 2DH |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6323638/395-RR034-24 |
Summary
Redbridge Integrated Care Directorate invites applications for the post of Band 7 Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist within the Mental Health and Wellness Team North.
Occupational Therapists work as an integral part of the MHWT, providing specialist bio-psycho-social interventions. This exciting opportunity requires strong leadership and motivational skills it will provide the right candidate with rewarding managerial, clinical and operational challenges.
Occupational Therapy has a key role to play within the team, taking the Lead on promoting a recovery focused culture and maintaining a strong network with other statutory and non statutory services to enable improved social inclusion outcomes for service users.
The post holder will care coordinate a small caseload of services users whilst supporting the team as one of the clinical leads.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
The post holder will lead on the provision and delivery of OT interventions within the MHWT North. You will work as a senior member of the multidisciplinary clinical team responsible for the assessment and provision of specialist bio-psycho-social interventions of service users with serious mental illness.
The post holder will lead alongside other senior colleagues in the continuing development and delivery of a high quality service that is underpinned by evidence based practice and NICE & DH guidance, providing day to day professional and clinical leadership, evaluation and monitoring across the service
You will lead a team of OT's to provide specialist functional assessments. This will include assessments of daily living skills using the Model of Human Occupational Assessment tools to ascertain level of functional ability, related risk factors, level of support, and accommodation needs in order to implement community care plans, provide adaptive equipment and maintain a high standard of service user care.
The post holder will have the opportunity to lead and support in the facilitation and delivery of group programmes alongside other OT staff.
The successful post holder would also be expected to collaboratively work with the IPS employment workers to support service users with their employment goals.
In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and required in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436)pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
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Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
NELFT fully promotes OT professional/personal training and development, monthly supervision, CPD, annual appraisal, audit, research and work based Quality improvement and innovation. There is the opportunity to support junior staff, OT students and apprentices. As part of the OT workforce, you will work in collaboration with the Borough Lead OT to contribute towards the development of the OT services in the community teams.
In alignment with the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults, our aims include a greater focus on prevention, wellbeing and delivering more integrated and personalised care closer to home. At the core of the framework is the idea that primary, secondary, specialists, and social care along with housing, voluntary sectors and commissioned providers work together in a unified way with people who use services at the centre of service provision and much more involved in their care. All team members will receive training in recovery and social inclusion, Open Dialogue and Trauma Informed approaches to care. In addition, groups of staff will also be invited to undertake further specialised training in an area of chosen expertise. We will support additional training and have a skills matrix to support existing and all new staff.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Jun 2024