Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a flexible, dynamic, and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Occupational Therapist with mental health clinical skills, knowledge, and experience to take on opportunities within adult and older adult inpatient and community mental health services. This is an opportunity to diversify and expand your skill set as an occupational Therapist to work within and across multidisciplinary teams to enable and drive high quality effective, accessible Occupational therapy care.
Main duties of the job
Posts will include provision of specific assessments, formulation, and interventions, working collaboratively with patients, their carers/families and partnership organisations to develop creative, goal oriented, occupational therapy plans. As a senior clinician you would work flexibly and autonomously responding to service needs. Your role will also be to support junior staff and peers in their developmentYou will hold a diploma or degree in occupational therapy, be registered to practice in the UK, have post graduate experience of working in mental health settings.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for occupational therapy input in an ethical manner for a defined caseload, including care coordination, for older adult patients with mental health needs including dementia of any age in recovery and positive risk taking approach.To provide a high quality Occupational therapy service which is holistic, evidence based, safe, effective, efficient, accessible and client centred. The post holder will support patients independence and wellbeing and deliver individual assessments and formulation and specific treatments which are client centred and support timely discharge whilst maintaining occupation at the centre of practice. The post holder will provide active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing mentoring education and supervision to non-registered staff and students and via practice and work based learning opportunities.To contribute to development, provision and evaluation of programmes of Learning and Development to other professionals. To represent and promote the specialist role of occupational therapy including service planning and development and supporting practice placements for occupational therapy students and support students from other disciplines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for occupational therapy input in an ethical manner for a defined caseload, including care coordination, for older adult patients with mental health needs including dementia of any age in recovery and positive risk taking approach.To provide a high quality Occupational therapy service which is holistic, evidence based, safe, effective, efficient, accessible and client centred. The post holder will support patients independence and wellbeing and deliver individual assessments and formulation and specific treatments which are client centred and support timely discharge whilst maintaining occupation at the centre of practice. The post holder will provide active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing mentoring education and supervision to non-registered staff and students and via practice and work based learning opportunities.To contribute to development, provision and evaluation of programmes of Learning and Development to other professionals. To represent and promote the specialist role of occupational therapy including service planning and development and supporting practice placements for occupational therapy students and support students from other disciplines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of OT Professional Code of Conduct and OT core skills, and their application in practice
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation including mental health and mental capacity act and understanding of clinical risk assessment
Desirable
- Knowledge of local & national priorities
Skills
Essential
- Assessment & OT process skills
- Effective risk management
- Skilled in motivating others
- Team working
- Ability to work to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to work as an active part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of service improvement/ audit
- Flexible
- Able to work independently, knows own limits.
- Good written, verbal & IT skills with patients, carers and other professionals.
- Ability to undertake specialist OT assessments and assess complex risks with people with mental health conditions and cognitive impairment.
- Effective time management and organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
- Positive attitude to working with adults with mental health conditions
Desirable
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use
- A high level of emotional intelligence
- Clinical supervision skills
- Ability to undertake initial mental health assessments and experience of care coordination
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of working with adults with mental health conditions
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community, inpatient or primary care team
- Experience of supervising and leading staff
- Experience of service improvement/ audit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of OT Professional Code of Conduct and OT core skills, and their application in practice
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation including mental health and mental capacity act and understanding of clinical risk assessment
Desirable
- Knowledge of local & national priorities
Skills
Essential
- Assessment & OT process skills
- Effective risk management
- Skilled in motivating others
- Team working
- Ability to work to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to work as an active part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of service improvement/ audit
- Flexible
- Able to work independently, knows own limits.
- Good written, verbal & IT skills with patients, carers and other professionals.
- Ability to undertake specialist OT assessments and assess complex risks with people with mental health conditions and cognitive impairment.
- Effective time management and organisational skills and ability to work under pressure
- Positive attitude to working with adults with mental health conditions
Desirable
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use
- A high level of emotional intelligence
- Clinical supervision skills
- Ability to undertake initial mental health assessments and experience of care coordination
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of working with adults with mental health conditions
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community, inpatient or primary care team
- Experience of supervising and leading staff
- Experience of service improvement/ audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
