Occupational Therapist - Female Adult Acute

Job overview

Are you a passionate, innovative Occupational Therapist looking for a new and exciting challenge with working age females adults? An opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join our inpatients OT team based in Tameside working with predominately with working age females with mental health difficulties. Our patients come to us from many different settings needing assessment and support to remain as independent as possible. Patients can have a variety of mental and physical health conditions. The Occupational Therapy role is crucial in ensuring patients health, wellbeing and independence are appropriately assessed and facilitated. A part of the role is to support with discharge planning, working closely with the discharge social workers, including assessments on the ward and in the home setting. You will be based within a supportive team of OT’s and will have the opportunity to showcase you’re OT skills around both functional and organic mental health conditions. There will lots of opportunities to work alongside the wider MDT consisting of consultant psychiatrists, nurses, CPN’s, community support workers/HCA’s, physiotherapists, psychologists, OT students and apprentices and technical instructors and activity co coordinators. This post would suit a passionate OT who is looking to drive positive change and excellent practice in an working age  Adult Mental Health setting.

This is a full-time post 37.5 hrs.

Main duties of the job

Clinical • To demonstrate and apply an enhanced understanding of the principles of evidence based Occupational Therapy to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.  • To prioritise service users’ occupational needs following screening, applying professional reasoning to deliver the occupational therapy pathway • To select and use validated assessment tools routinely, informed by the Model of Human Occupation, to identify service users’ occupational participation and performance needs.  • To agree goals with the service user to address identified occupational needs.  • To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions with the service user to achieve their identified goals To demonstrate and apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability  and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user’s physical and social environment. • To assess for, recommend and/or order equipment and adaptations necessary for safe community living.  • To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and outcomes and ensure effectiveness of interventions to support discharge • To be responsible for implementation, evaluation and modification of OT interventions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management and organisation • To participate in the induction, training and education of students and other staff as appropriate. • To participate in the dissemination and sharing of information and skills with staff, students and volunteers. • To promote the involvement of service users, relatives and carers and advocacy workers in the evaluation and development of service delivery • To take an active role in the management of resources as relevant to the post • To contribute to the recruitment, retention and development of staff in order to maximise utilisation of skills and knowledge • To assist in the investigation of complaints and clinical incidents within the inpatient service Research and Development • To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply to practice as appropriate • To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects. • To participate in service audit and OT evaluation activities as agreed. • To undertake research and/or audit projects relevant to OT and/or service, disseminating findings at a local level. This job description is not exhaustive but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process