Specialist Mental Health Inpatient Occupational Therapist

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 05 May 2024

Job summary

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We are delighted to offer an enthusiastic, self-motivated and innovative experienced Occupational Therapist the opportunity to join the inpatient mental health rehabilitation and recovery team at The Willows, an exciting mix of two, 10 bedded sub-acute step down wards, 1 male, 1 female and an 8 bedded locked rehabilitation male ward.

As a Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Occupational Therapist (OT) you will work within a MDT and lead the OT team of a Band 5 OT and 3 OTAs providing ongoing OT Assessments and interventions to address needs in Functional, Psycho-social, Cognitive, Sensory and Physical Health.

Working together as a team ensures we deliver high quality therapeutic care to patients who have experienced deterioration in their mental health and require mental health rehabilitation. Using assessments such as MOHOST and AMPS, we provide a range of occupational focused therapeutic interventions to support the patient journey of recovery from admission through to discharge.

You will be skilled with patients to support their recovery journey, confident delegating tasks to other members of the team.

You will have strong engagement and motivational skills and be flexible in working with patients with complex mental health needs during their recovery pathway.

Could you be our new team member?

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will demonstrate and promote our Trust values and leadership behaviours in every aspect of what you do and this will be demonstrated through the leadership and daily support to your patients, your occupational therapy colleagues and wider MDT to ensure we STEP up to be GREAT together.

You must be good at building rapport, therapeutic relationships and working with others to support their recovery journey.

You will have strong engagement and motivational skills and be flexible in working with patients with complex mental health needs during their recovery pathway. The team support the patient journey of recovery from inpatient to community settings.

In collaboration with and with the support of the Band 7 OT you will be leading the OT team on a day-to-day basis within an established progressive and supportive team environment and have strong links with the Multidisciplinary team.

You will provide supervision to Band 5, Band 3 and offer them support to progress their skills, experience and careers. You will be expected to support OT students which will also enhance your own clinical skills.

Effective written and verbal communication skills are essential as you will be an integral part of the MDT informing recovery progress and providing comprehensive OT assessment and reports to inform accommodation needs, package of care needs and appropriate ongoing referrals to support and signposting to appropriate support in the community.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

05 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9313-24-0136

Job locations

The Willows

Cordelia Close

Leicester

LE5 0LE

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you have read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role please click on the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you have read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role please click on the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Ability to take a lead and work in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of Therapy Services in Clinical Care Pathways Demonstrate confidence in own abilities relevant to post and experience Ability to identify, provide and promote support to patients and carers

Desirable

Have experience of managing and leading OT team on a day to day basis.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council

Desirable

Membership to BAOT Specialist Section Post graduate training qualifications in subject areas relevant to Mental Health rehabilitation and recovery, ie. AMPS, Sensory Integration.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

Be prepared to drive the unit car for patient community access if required

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Experience of working as an Occupational Therapist in relevant area or has transferable skills Demonstrate sound understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance, its application and risk Experience of supervising Junior Staff, Students and/or Support Staff
Good IT and literacy skills

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Ability to take a lead and work in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of Therapy Services in Clinical Care Pathways Demonstrate confidence in own abilities relevant to post and experience Ability to identify, provide and promote support to patients and carers

Desirable

Have experience of managing and leading OT team on a day to day basis.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Registration with the Health Care Professionals Council

Desirable

Membership to BAOT Specialist Section Post graduate training qualifications in subject areas relevant to Mental Health rehabilitation and recovery, ie. AMPS, Sensory Integration.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

Be prepared to drive the unit car for patient community access if required

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Experience of working as an Occupational Therapist in relevant area or has transferable skills Demonstrate sound understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance, its application and risk Experience of supervising Junior Staff, Students and/or Support Staff
Good IT and literacy skills

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.