Occupational Therapist

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 6 Qualified Occupational Therapist, Learning Disability Hampshire, and Southampton Intensive Support Team.

Are you a passionate and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist looking to join a supportive multi-disciplinary team (MDT) with a view to maximising potential and improving quality of life?

The Hampshire and Southampton Intensive Support Team (IST) works alongside the Community Learning Disability Teams in helping to devise the best support for adults whose behaviour challenges services.

We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist to be part of an MDT that includes Psychology, Nursing, Behaviour Analysis and Speech & Language Therapy. We are a small team with a reduced case load, allowing focused team-working to support services and families to be able to meet complex needs more effectively, within a Positive Behaviour Support framework. The role includes some leadership and supervision of unregistered staff as well as an expectation to participate in the ongoing development of the team.

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to join a friendly and supportive team that makes a difference to people's lives. As well as utilising and strengthening your profession-specific skills, there are opportunities for you to develop skills in functional assessment and expand your knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support. The IST offers a rare chance for true interdisciplinary working with shared goals and a passion for real change for the people with which we work.

Main duties of the job

The Intensive Support Team provides an intensive response to support people with a learning disability at a time when their needs challenge the service provider or their family. The Occupational Therapist's role is to improve quality of life through the use of meaningful engagement at a 'just right level' and ensure that the person, occupation and environment is allowing them to perform to their optimum capability.

This is achieved by --

*Providing high levels of support to meet the increased health needs of the patient

*Providing increased levels of support to the carers.

*Providing access to clinicians with specialist learning disability skills at a time of crisis

*To complement the work of the CLDT

*To promote the development of Intensive Learning Disability Community Services, where the work is framed within a Positive Behaviour Support model.

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

08 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SS-4370

Job locations

Thomas Lewis House

236 Empress Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 0JY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*BSc or Pre-Reg MSc in Occupational Therapy
*Current HCPC Registration as an Occupational Therapist
*Excellent computer literacy
*Full UK Driver's License

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*BSc or Pre-Reg MSc in Occupational Therapy
*Current HCPC Registration as an Occupational Therapist
*Excellent computer literacy
*Full UK Driver's License

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.