Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the North Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub. The team is located in W9 close to Westbourne Park station, with great transport links and serving the diverse community of North Kensington. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with motivation and enthusiasm for working in a community mental health role.
The post holder will be a valued member of the team and will offer Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for clients as well as supporting the overall work of the team by providing a named worker role for some clients and supporting the overall work of the team.
The team consists of medical staff, nurses, social workers, peer support workers, community navigators, arts therapies, employment specialists and psychology staff. There are two other Occupational Therapists in the team and the post holder will have opportunity to co-facilitate groups as a part of the psychosocial offer for the hub.
A Band 5 to 6 development position can be considered for candidates who have less than one year working experience as a qualified Occupational Therapist.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Adult Community Mental Health hub, providing a high quality service to clients.
- To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients under the care of the team.
- To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
- To provide evidence based group interventions.
- To provide a case worker role for a designated number of clients with an occupational focus.
- To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
- To offer clinical placements to Occupational Therapy Students.
- To provide informal support and supervision to staff as needed.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
About us
The team will provide you will a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services.
The team is based in Hathaway House which is a purpose built building for CNWL services. The team work in an open plan space alongside other services so there is opportunity for connecting with others .
There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in house CPD opportunities.
CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession this enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached dob description for full details and don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.
Further information about the service can be found on this link:
Kensington and Chelsea North Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached dob description for full details and don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.
Further information about the service can be found on this link:
Kensington and Chelsea North Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Qualified Occupational Therapist
- HCPC registered
- Practice Educator training
Desirable
- Post qualification training in relevant mental health therapeutic skills.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in mental health settings as an Occupational Therapist.
- Experience of working with service users presenting with a wide range of complex mental health conditions.
- Experience in managing a caseload
- Experience in assessment and interventions related to physical healthcare needs such as equipment provision.
- Experience in using a range of standardised OT assessments
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of drafting group protocols and setting up / facilitating groups / group programme
- Supervision of OT students / non-qualified staff.
- Experience of partnership working and coproduction
- Risk assessment and risk management experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in community mental health as an OT
- Personal experience of using mental health services
- Experience of supervising qualified OTs.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Clear concept of Occupational Therapy and models of practice
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
- Ability to work autonomously, as well as part of an MDT
- Individual/group work skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload and use initiative.
- Recovery focused approach to service delivery.
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally informed approach
- Knowledge of the impact of mental and physical conditions on service user's functional ability.
- Good understanding of the application of risk assessment and risk management strategies which facilitates a patient's recovery.
- Good awareness of the principles of safeguarding and how to implement this in practice.
Desirable
- Research and development at graduate level.
- Knowledge of the theory underpinning the Model of Human Occupation.
ATTITUDES, APTITUDES PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Essential
- High level of personal motivation for this role.
- Good organisational skills and ability to delegate effectively.
- Flexible in approach.
- Good self-awareness and an ability to use initiative.
- Ability to manage conflict constructively
- A willingness to develop knowledge and skills
- Positive role model for junior staff.
Other
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT and Specialist Sections
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Qualified Occupational Therapist
- HCPC registered
- Practice Educator training
Desirable
- Post qualification training in relevant mental health therapeutic skills.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in mental health settings as an Occupational Therapist.
- Experience of working with service users presenting with a wide range of complex mental health conditions.
- Experience in managing a caseload
- Experience in assessment and interventions related to physical healthcare needs such as equipment provision.
- Experience in using a range of standardised OT assessments
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of drafting group protocols and setting up / facilitating groups / group programme
- Supervision of OT students / non-qualified staff.
- Experience of partnership working and coproduction
- Risk assessment and risk management experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in community mental health as an OT
- Personal experience of using mental health services
- Experience of supervising qualified OTs.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Clear concept of Occupational Therapy and models of practice
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal.
- Ability to work autonomously, as well as part of an MDT
- Individual/group work skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload and use initiative.
- Recovery focused approach to service delivery.
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally informed approach
- Knowledge of the impact of mental and physical conditions on service user's functional ability.
- Good understanding of the application of risk assessment and risk management strategies which facilitates a patient's recovery.
- Good awareness of the principles of safeguarding and how to implement this in practice.
Desirable
- Research and development at graduate level.
- Knowledge of the theory underpinning the Model of Human Occupation.
ATTITUDES, APTITUDES PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Essential
- High level of personal motivation for this role.
- Good organisational skills and ability to delegate effectively.
- Flexible in approach.
- Good self-awareness and an ability to use initiative.
- Ability to manage conflict constructively
- A willingness to develop knowledge and skills
- Positive role model for junior staff.
Other
Desirable
- Membership of RCOT and Specialist Sections
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
