Job responsibilities
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of NHS mental and physical care in the UK. We have a variety of services across many specialties, making us the perfect place for your continued development and career pathway.
Our 3400 staff are dedicated to improving lives, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country and we need you to make that happen.
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Occupational Therapy is essential and valued across the Trust and we are committed to providing ongoing support, professional development and guidance throughout your time with us. Ably led by our Trust Wide Allied Health Professionals Lead and strong senior AHP leaders, we have created an AHP Strategy which reflects our forward thinking, creative and diverse AHP community.
Job Summary
To provide a client-centred occupational therapy service to a defined caseload of service users with complex needs, within the local services working with multi-disciplinary team members and the occupational therapy team.
To actively develop and implement a framework of care, which reflects a holistic approach to service user needs, and the seven pillars of clinical governance.
To work under the supervision of a senior or professional lead/head occupational therapist, to apply clinical skills in occupational therapy assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation, which include individual and group orientated approaches.
To contribute to the evaluation and continued development of the occupational therapy service, as well as taking responsibility for the direct supervision of less clinically experienced qualified staff, support staff and occupational therapy students.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To ensure that the professional standards and ethics as set out by the College of Occupational Therapists (COT) and Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) are adhered to at all times.
Clinical:
- All interactions with service users should be underpinned with empathy and a clear understanding of the effects of disability in the areas of productivity, leisure and activities of daily living (ADL).
- All interactions should be sensitive and responsive to the service users ethnic, cultural and social background, using a range of communication and engagement skills as appropriate to the context.
- To evaluate referrals to the occupational therapy service for occupational therapy intervention, particularly identifying priorities for treatment intervention.
- To provide a comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation of the occupational therapy programme for the identified service user group that includes risk assessment with particular reference to service user need within the speciality.
- To analyse, grade and adapt individual and group activities to meet the occupational performance, environmental and vocational needs of service users.
- To plan and implement appropriate discharge, transfer and case closure.
- To work with service users and carers as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to implement and evaluate the individual treatment plans in keeping with CPA.
- To apply clinical reasoning skills to effectively manage clinical caseload.
- To ensure that immediate concerns regarding service users are verbally reported to the relevant professionals and documented in medical/ MDT files.
- To communicate effectively verbally, in writing or electronically with all relevant MDT members, service users, carers, voluntary and statutory agencies, being mindful of confidentiality.
- To work as an active member of the MDT understanding profession specific roles and attending relevant clinical and case planning meetings.
- To use a range of standardised and non-standardised assessment and treatment approaches and media in response to individual need appropriate to the relevant model of practice.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effective intervention.
- To collaborate with non-clinically qualified support staff regarding clinical caseload and provide necessary support on clinical issues.
- To facilitate clinical sessions with occupational therapists, other professionals and, other agencies.
- To act as a CPA Care Co-ordinator (where relevant) and manage a caseload within level of competency.
- To undertake generic duties as a member of an integrated community team, e.g. duty and mental health assessments (where relevant).
Administration/Management:
- To maintain accurate, clear and concise clinical records and provide verbal and written reports to the clinical team and other relevant parties, adhering to local procedures and professional standards and codes of ethics as related to documentation.
- To accept and supervise occupational therapy students on practice placements, in negotiation with the teams and as outlined in practice placement guidelines.
- To provide clinical supervision to staff within level of competency as agreed with head occupational therapist.
- To participate in supervisees PDR and inform line management of training and development needs identified.
- To take responsibility for facilitating identified learning forums for less clinically experienced qualified staff and/or support staff as appropriate.
- To contribute to trust-wide occupational therapy initiatives.
- To observe and apply relevant health, safety and security procedures, to ensure a safe working environment with particular reference to the treatment setting
- To maintain and report accurate statistical data and information as required.
- To accept to lead on specific projects as agreed with the head occupational therapist in relation to development of service, the individuals role and clinical governance.
- To take a share of departmental organisation and administrative duties including responsibility for areas of stock control and petty cash.
- To attend and participate in all appropriate meetings and forums as agreed with line manager/supervisor.
- In conjunction with the occupational therapy team, participate in development of the occupational therapy service including quality standards, research and audit.
- To contribute to multi-disciplinary service developments in allocated clinical area using occupational therapy knowledge.
- To contribute to the interpretation and implementation of national initiatives and policies within the local setting in line with trust and local government guidance.
- To assist with and contribute to the implementation of the Recovery Approach.
Professional Development:
- To actively identify own continued professional development related to KSF full outline for Band 5, objectives set in supervision, PDR and service need.
- To take active responsibility to ensure that supervision needs are met using reflective practice that relates to clinical practice.
- To actively participate and reflect in supervision regarding the exposure to distressing and emotional aspects of the work and how this affects clinical practice and ensure professional boundaries are maintained.
- To participate in occupational therapy service, directorate and trust-led training initiatives and share these with the team on return.
- To make use of resources available to increase and update knowledge and skills of occupational therapy in clinical practice, including critically evaluating and applying relevant research to clinical practice and disseminate within teams.
- Undertake practice placement education training.
- To take responsibility for the education of students and non-clinically qualified staff as relevant to level of experience.
- To update and maintain knowledge of student education by attending relevant practice placement educators training opportunities.
General:
- To complete, record attendance and participation in Trust and Secondary Induction.
- To ensure that mandatory training is kept up to date.
- To educate other professionals, carers and clients about occupational therapy as a specific intervention.
- To understand and adhere to policies and procedures of the department, team, directorate and Trust.
- To ensure that links with statutory and voluntary agencies are maintained.
- To be a role model of professional behaviour and practice.
- To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
- To undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade, which may be required from time to time, to ensure the smooth running of the service as directed by the head occupational therapist or manager of service.
We positively welcome applications from people with a lived experience of either mental health conditions or learning disabilities and people who represent diverse communities
