Occupational Therapist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £34,521 - £41,956 pa inc |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Woolwich, SE18 4QH |
| Cwmni: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7264620/277-7264620-AAC |
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Occupational Therapist, Band 5
12 month Maternity leave Cover - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary ward team, which is professionally supported by a Band 7 Clinical Specialist OT. It is a friendly and supportive team and we welcome new staff and the innovative ideas and skills they bring. The post involves occupational therapy specific work, on a female ward with opportunities including:
• Carrying an inpatient caseload, including doing assessments and 1:1 interventions to build functional and social skills.
• Working closely with the ward Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and the outpatient MDT (Home Treatment and Community Mental Health Teams)
• Group interventions.
This post provides an excellent mix of opportunities to develop your occupational therapy career. The postholder will offer assessments and promote occupational functioning and wellbeing on the ward while also facilitating safe and effective discharges.
• To manage a clinical caseload
• To work as a member of the MDT
• To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
• To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to: self-care, work and leisure
• To contribute to service development
• To work independently without direct supervision
• To develop skills, knowledge and experience through participation in Oxleas AHP Preceptorship Programme and the Trust-wide Band 5 OT Support Group
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
Management responsibilities
· To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance
· To be responsible for maintaining stock & advising on resources required to carry out the job, including the responsible management of petty cash
Leadership
· To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal
Clinical
· To manage a caseload of service users with mental health needs
· To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, OT assessment tools & treatment techniques
· To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
· To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
· To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times
· To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
· To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order 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 & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
· To manage effective discharge ensuring service user and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
· To contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
· To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
Documentation
· To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards
Communication
· To communicate appropriately with service users and carers, team members, OT colleagues and other agencies
· To demonstrate effective communication skills with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason
· To communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methods of communication
· To promote an awareness of the OT role within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Jun 2025
12 month Maternity leave Cover - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary ward team, which is professionally supported by a Band 7 Clinical Specialist OT. It is a friendly and supportive team and we welcome new staff and the innovative ideas and skills they bring. The post involves occupational therapy specific work, on a female ward with opportunities including:
• Carrying an inpatient caseload, including doing assessments and 1:1 interventions to build functional and social skills.
• Working closely with the ward Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and the outpatient MDT (Home Treatment and Community Mental Health Teams)
• Group interventions.
This post provides an excellent mix of opportunities to develop your occupational therapy career. The postholder will offer assessments and promote occupational functioning and wellbeing on the ward while also facilitating safe and effective discharges.
• To manage a clinical caseload
• To work as a member of the MDT
• To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
• To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to: self-care, work and leisure
• To contribute to service development
• To work independently without direct supervision
• To develop skills, knowledge and experience through participation in Oxleas AHP Preceptorship Programme and the Trust-wide Band 5 OT Support Group
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
Management responsibilities
· To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance
· To be responsible for maintaining stock & advising on resources required to carry out the job, including the responsible management of petty cash
Leadership
· To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal
Clinical
· To manage a caseload of service users with mental health needs
· To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, OT assessment tools & treatment techniques
· To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
· To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
· To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times
· To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
· To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order 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 & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
· To manage effective discharge ensuring service user and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
· To contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
· To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
Documentation
· To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards
Communication
· To communicate appropriately with service users and carers, team members, OT colleagues and other agencies
· To demonstrate effective communication skills with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason
· To communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methods of communication
· To promote an awareness of the OT role within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Jun 2025
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