Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	29 Mai 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata if P/T)
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	28 Mehefin 2025
Lleoliad:	Milton Keynes, MK4 4DA
Cwmni:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7241445/333-D-HJ-1817

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To work as an independent OT practitioner with men in prison presenting with complex and challenging needs who attend the Mental Health Day Unit.

To work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive service to men presenting with challenging behaviour and traits and/or diagnosis of Personality Disorder.

To lead on the planning, delivery and implementation of Occupational Therapy provision for the Mental Health Day Unit.

To lead on establishing sensory provision for prisoners. Providing evidenced based sensory assessments and regulation interventions for service users. Liaising with ND managers and practitioners, providing recommendations to for adaptations with the prison.

To apply a high level of understanding of the impact of mental and physical health conditions; providing training and advice on lifestyle changes & adaptation

To work with the Professional Lead to continue to develop and deliver and design a comprehensive OT Service including assessment, intervention and evaluation which is underpinned by an evidence base and personal recovery principles.



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To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for individuals within the prison setting in order to establish and meet their occupational needs.

To apply evidenced based sensory assessments to determine sensory needs of service users.

To facilitate sensory regulation interventions for service users and provide recommendations for prison staff to support.

To provide sensory awareness training to clinical and operational staff to develop knowledge and understanding of sensory needs within HMP Woodhill.

To embed an Occupational Therapy service within HMP Woodhill, increasing understanding of the purpose of OT provision for service users in prison.

To select and use validated standardised assessment tools routinely and in practice, exhibiting clinical reasoning skills; to include the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments.

To apply clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverserange of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches with prisoners within Mental Health Day Unit.

To support service users and colleagues to ensure that care plans are developed in partnership with the individual and that they reflect ‘recovery goals’. These should be strengths-based and oriented towards reinforcing a positive identity and developing valued social roles.

To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals.

To work collaboratively with all professionals within the Mental Health Day unit in developing care plans and risk assessments for prisoners.

To support individuals to develop skills and knowledge; and engage with community partner agencies, to facilitate successful transitions from the prison environment to the community.

To proactively undertake and ensure rigorous risk assessment & risk management strategies are applied. To ensure maximum ‘risk tolerance’ facilitates the individual’s recovery, in line with risk policies and local guidelines.


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