Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Bristol

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Job summary

The Riverside Adolescent Unit is a General Adolescent Inpatient Unit (GAU) based at Blackberry Hill Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol. The unit works with young people aged 13 to 18 years, experiencing severe, complex and/ or enduring psychological or psychiatric difficulties, which require more intensive Tier 4 intervention. There are 12 inpatient beds and 4 day patient spaces at the Riverside Adolescent Unit.

You will be working closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) compromising of Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Family Therapists, Physiatrists, Speciality Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Dance & Movement Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and Hospital Teachers.

The role includes working as the Occupational Therapist Lead at the Riverside Adolescent Unit, ensuring that young people and their occupational functioning are considered within the familial, social and institutional context. Dependent on an Occupational Therapy assessment, various models of group work will be applied, along with individual programmes as part of a young persons overall treatment package within the unit. You will be expected to utilise and apply specialised Occupational Therapy skills with both individuals and groups, undertake joint work with other team members (Nursing Staff, Therapists and Psychiatry Staff) and play a vital role in the shared assessment and treatment of young people at the Riverside Adolescent Unit.

Main duties of the job

To develop and implement occupational therapy treatment plans and provide advice to service users with diverse presentations and complex needs to enable them to maintain, restore or create a balance between their abilities and the demands of their occupation and environment in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. Service users have a range of mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.
To work compassionately with service users and carers to achieve identified occupational therapy goals and to promote social inclusion, independence and well- being.
Responsible for ensuring the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of service users are maintained at all times and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence based practice by all staff for whom the post holder has designated responsibility.
To facilitate others in the team to develop competence by providing clinical leadership and specialist clinical advice on more complex cases.
To provide clinical supervision to occupational therapy staff and students.
To be committed to and take a lead role in activities integral to Quality Improvement.
To lead and drive the Day and Holiday Activity Program at Riverside.
To run OT based groups on the Unit.
Care co-ordinate young peoples care at Riverside.

About us

You will be a key member of and working closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) compromising of Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Family Therapists, Physiatrists, Speciality Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Dance & Movement Psychotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and Hospital Teachers. Asa team, we value the contributions that all disciplines bring to the care of young people admitted to the ward.

Date posted

08 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-CAMHS125-0823

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road

Bristol

BS16 2EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Manages a complex/specialist OT caseload from assessment to discharge from therapy. Service users may have multiple needs with a combination of physical and mental health or learning disabilities. Service users may demonstrate behaviours that challenge or have difficult family situations of relevance.

Responsible for ensuring the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of service users are maintained at all times and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence based practice by all staff for whom the post holder has designated responsibility.

Undertakes complex occupational therapy assessments and develops complex therapy programmes.

Assesses and manages risk effectively in clinical and community settings including the service users own home.

Works with service users and carers to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall Multidisciplinary Team plan.

Develops and implements specialist interventions for individuals or groups, in collaboration with the service user(s) and MDT to achieve therapeutic goals.

Uses technical and creative skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities and encourages service users/carers in a compassionate manner, to support them in achieving their identified goals. Monitors and evaluates occupational therapy treatment in order to measure progress and modifies treatment plans to ensure effectiveness of clinical interventions.

Provides reports and makes recommendations on service user progress at clinical meetings and participates in the clinical decision-making process regarding service user care programmes as part of the multidisciplinary team.

Provides specialist clinical advice to other healthcare professionals including those in the acute hospital sector with limited mental health or learning disability experience.

May provide professional advice, as requested and where appropriate, in relation to subject access requests.

Provides advice, education and training to service users and carers. Undertakes health promotion activities.

Acts as lead professional for service users on standard care if no other professional is involved in the service users care and may undertake care co-ordination for service users on Care Programme Approach where there is an occupational therapy component identified.

Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of service user harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the service user. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.

Demonstrates safe physical interventions in the management of violence and aggression as required.