Occupational Therapist
Oxleas NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary ward team, which is professionally supported by a Head OT. There is a mix of band 5, band 6 and band 7 occupational therapists across the acute and crisis mental health service, as well as other professions, including Lived Experience Practitioners and Occupational Therapy Technical Instructors. It is a friendly and supportive team and we welcome new staff and the ideas and skills they bring.
The post involves occupational therapy specific work with a mix of 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)
- Group interventions.
We offer:
- To cover the subscription fee for the Royal College of Occupational Therapy for your first year of employment.
- Line management, professional and clinical OT supervision in line with Guidance from the RCOT
- Enhanced support with the Allied Health Professionals Preceptorship Programme
- Annual Personal Development Review (PDR)
- Quarterly Trust-wide Band 5 OT Support Group
- Career development opportunities
- Encouragement to join service development and quality improvement projects
- Invitation to the Annual Therapies Conference
We warmly welcome New Graduates, Return to Practice and International Occupational Therapists.
Main duties of the job
- To manage a clinical caseload
- To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
- To support the development of evidence-based practice
- To provide OT specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work in the three core areas of:
- Self care
- Work/Education
- Leisure
- To contribute to service development
- To work independently without direct supervision
- To develop skills, knowledge and experience through participation in Preceptorship and the Trust-wide Band 5 Occupational Therapy Development Programme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- 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