Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist Practitioner

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Job summary

We are looking for a passionate, and dynamic therapist to join us in providing excellent care for male and female service users with mental health illness, in our low secure forensic setting.

Forensics is such an interesting field of practice. We work collaboratively with service users, with a risk history, to help them reintegrate into the community.

As part of our team you would be working in the inpatient hospital and accessing the local community, to support service user to develop and maintain functional skills, through the use of the occupational therapy process. There are opportunities to build links with external agencies and step-down support, to enable service users to thrive within the least restrictive level of security.

As a band five you will have an opportunity to join our network of band five OT's and get regular peer support. If newly qualified, you will also join the preceptorship programme and have an opportunity to work alongside other preceptees in the Trust.

If this sounds like an opportunity not to be missed, please get in touch for more information, or to visit our therapy teams.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the vacancies, or visit the services please contact Lydia Riden, OT Team Manager on 02380 313 511 or Via email lydia.riden@southernhealth.nhs.uk. Or you can contact the OT Manager Becky Harding on 02382310932 becky.harding@southernhealth.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

*To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based/client centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

*To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the occupational therapy services within a designated area / team.

*To regularly supervise occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapy students on practice placement.

*To develop skills and knowledge through participation in relevant training & learning opportunities.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

24 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SS-I-876A

Job locations

Southfield

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

*To manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health / learning disability needs, including evaluating referrals for intervention and priorities for treatment.

*To work with service users to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan; using specialist mental health / learning disability and occupational therapy assessment tools.

*To use a broad range of standardised and non-standardised assessments appropriate to the model of practice.

*To plan and implement evidence based, person centred, individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

*To plan and implement the provision of a range of self-maintenance vocational and leisure based activities in an individual or group setting depending on the needs of the service users and linking with community resources where appropriate.

*To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

*To critically evaluate outcomes including assessment and management of risk within a variety of settings.

*To apply clinical reasoning skills to effectively manage clinical caseloads.

*To plan and implement appropriate discharge and liaison with relevant agencies.

*To provide second opinions when requested.