Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist (OT) to work in our ADAPT team, based in Beckenham. The post offers the opportunity to develop your clinical leadership skills, by supporting the team manager, using your clinical experience and expertise while retaining a specific Occupational Therapy (OT) role within the team. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance the OT service across the ADAPT (Anxiety, Depression, Personality Disorder and Trauma) pathway, ensuring the occupational needs of the service users are addressed and providing an occupational therapy perspective on service delivery.

You will be responsible for carrying out skilled assessments and delivering interventions across occupational domains. You will also be required to take on the role of care co-ordination for a small group of complex service users.In applying occupational therapy models you will work from an evidence base and draw upon current developments in Recovery and Social Inclusion. You will also contribute to delivering group interventions as required.

You will work alongside OT and multi-disciplinary colleagues, as well as a range of other agencies. You will also be responsible for providing supervision for staff within the team, contributing to the management of the referral system and assisting the team manager with quality improvement and other specific clinical tasks.

Main duties of the job

The Occupational Therapist will be responsible for the Care Co-ordination of a small specified caseload, within the Anxiety, Depression, Affective Disorders, Personality Disorders and Trauma (ADAPT). The postholder will also work closely with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), offering specialist occupational performance assessments and interventions, utilising a wide range of skills and experience to promote social inclusion opportunities. As the sole OT in the team, you will also contribute and consult on step down planning and facilitate transfer to primary care services wherever possible. In addition, as a clinical specialist OT, you will support the team manager in the day-to-day running of the team by providing clinical supervision and undertaking specific clinical tasks, as required.

About us

About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind

We're Fair

We Listen

We Care

Date posted

10 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,836 to £52,849 a year p.a. inc.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-4579445-CMH-E

Job locations

ADAPT West, Beckenham Beacon

379 Croydon Road

Beckenham

BR3 3QL

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a clinical caseload
To work as a member of the MDT
To lead on the development of evidence based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups &individual work related to:-Self care-Work-Leisure
To Care co-ordinate a small generic caseload. Maximum percentage of role as care co-ordinator is 30%.
To lead on service development
To lead/participate in research/audit activities
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
To work independently without direct supervision
To be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OTassessment & interventions for the client group
To provide clinical support and leadership for junior staff, and OTstudents on fieldwork placement
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wideOT service
To undertake identified generic responsibilities for an agreedpercentage of time
To follow an agreed Job Plan
To work with clients who have complex needs and challengingbehaviour
To adhere to Trusts requirements for management of violence training relevant to clinical area

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a clinical caseload
To work as a member of the MDT
To lead on the development of evidence based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups &individual work related to:-Self care-Work-Leisure
To Care co-ordinate a small generic caseload. Maximum percentage of role as care co-ordinator is 30%.
To lead on service development
To lead/participate in research/audit activities
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
To work independently without direct supervision
To be an OT specialist and have in-depth knowledge of OTassessment & interventions for the client group
To provide clinical support and leadership for junior staff, and OTstudents on fieldwork placement
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wideOT service
To undertake identified generic responsibilities for an agreedpercentage of time
To follow an agreed Job Plan
To work with clients who have complex needs and challengingbehaviour
To adhere to Trusts requirements for management of violence training relevant to clinical area

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

6 years experience of working as an OT

Skills

Essential

oExtensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion

Experience

Essential

further post-graduate training + extensive relevant experience + evidence of CPD

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

6 years experience of working as an OT

Skills

Essential

oExtensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion

Experience

Essential

further post-graduate training + extensive relevant experience + evidence of CPD

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).