Occupational Therapist with a special interest in Mental Health

Job responsibilities

As an OT with a special interest in Mental Health, you would be part of a service which aims to increase Mental Health capacity and expertise within our Primary Care Network (PCN). As our PCN grows, you will take a key role in this new transformative approach to providing Mental Health Care.

You will need to be flexible and responsive according to the needs of the service and be able to work as part of the wider PCN team across Torbay, having responsibility for the provision of assessments, interventions and education.

You will be expected to collaborate with other health care professionals including GPs, Practice Nurses, Secondary Care practitioners and third-party organisations.

Closing date for this position is 9/12/2022, although we reserve the right to close any vacancies from further application when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist. We therefore suggest that you apply at an early stage to avoid disappointment. If you would like to discuss further details of the role, or require information in an alternative format please contact the surgery on 01803 855897.

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Qualifications

Essential

• Registered mental health professional appropriate to the job role (occupational therapist).
• Evidence of post qualification training/education.
• Evidence of recent continued professional development.
• Mentorship or equivalent.

Desirable

• A commitment to completing quality improvement training.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant clinical experience.
• Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems.
• Experience of undertaking assessments
• Experience of research based/reflective practice e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence-based practice.
• Experience as a preceptor/mentor.
• Knowledge of relevant professional and clinical legislation.
• Ability to proactively and independently manage a workload.
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions, including triage and assessment, to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems.
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals.
• Experience of working in an MDT setting.
• Experience of working with and addressing issues of diversity including experience of working within a multicultural framework.
• Experience of using clinical and managerial supervision.
• Experience of risk management and safeguarding

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within primary care
• Knowledge and experience of conducting audits
• Experience of developing and facilitating teaching programme for staff.
• Experience of working in a community mental health setting.
• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature in adult mental health.
• EMIS

Knowledge

Essential

• An understanding of the relationship between primary and secondary care services.
• Awareness of racial and diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care.
• Knowledge of key legislation and guidelines in relation to statutory mental health responsibilities, including Safeguarding Adults, Young people and children.
• An understanding of the stepped care model of delivery of psychological therapies for depression, anxiety and personality disorder.
• Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to service user needs, without close supervision.

Desirable

• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment.
• Knowledge of the theory of psychological models, such as CBT, DBT, or MBT.

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to clients, their families and colleagues.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate and to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive and/or challenging behaviour.
• Effective IT skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Skills in emotional resilience: able to cope in difficult interpersonal situations.
• Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.

Desirable

• Accredited practitioner skills in at least one model of psychological therapy.
• Accredited nurse prescriber
• Ability to contribute to, monitor and implement changes and improvements to services.
• Specialised clinical skills, e.g. group work, anxiety/anger management, family work skills

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).