Job summary
The East Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) provides multidisciplinary work within three designated smaller teams of, Nurses, Occupational Therapist, Str Workers, Doctors and Psychologists/Psychological therapists. The East ATS team has close working relationships with community, acute and urgent care services. There is also a close connection with Experts by Experience, primary care and third sector organisations through triage and shared packages of support.
We are looking for an innovative and skilled Band 7 Clinical Specialist OT to work within the East ATS. In your role you will manage a caseload of complex clients, using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
You will provide OT assessments, interventions, clinical advice and input for clients with complex presentation and needs. You will be supervising and supporting OT staff within the team, lead on service developments, implementations and ensure OT contribution to the delivery of quality clinical care and performance standards.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be designated as a cluster lead to one of the three clusters within the main service. You will provide leadership to staff within this cluster promoting high performance and care standards both individually and as a team. This part of your role will also include coordination of referrals, delegation of clinical work and communication relating to a designated cluster team.
The successful applicant will need to have substantial clinical experience as an OT within a community mental health setting, demonstrate leadership acumen and be able to work collaboratively across a range of partners.
You will have a strong sense of team work, be able to demonstrate how you have worked productively within a team and describe the values that matter to you. You will need to embrace the use of performance measures to help to achieve agreed targets and support the team, through supervision arrangements, to provide assurance around care planning, risk assessment and participation.
You will need to have a lot of initiative, creativity, flexibility, and to know how to engage with people to bring the best out of them.
About us
What we can offer you in return
- Regular Professional and managerial supervision
- Access to a wide range of Training and CPD opportunities including;
- A programme of Allied Health Professional specific training
- Quarterly Occupational Therapy CPD Hubs
- Communities of Practice (AMPS, Sensory Strategies and Recovery Through Activity)
- The opportunity to participate in a range QI work and service innovations
- Varied leadership development opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
This is an excellent time for Occupational Therapists to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we have just launched our first AHP Strategy. Look at our AHP strategy at https://staff.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/allied-health-professions and
attachment.pdf (sussexpartnership.nhs.uk) View our film athttps://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/AHP
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
This is an excellent time for Occupational Therapists to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we have just launched our first AHP Strategy. Look at our AHP strategy at https://staff.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/allied-health-professions and
attachment.pdf (sussexpartnership.nhs.uk) View our film athttps://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/AHP
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Evidence of post qualification study
- Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist
- Practice Education training
- Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a qualified occupational therapist in mental health
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of both group and individual work
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience as a Care Coordinator
- Experience in a clinical area related to the post
- Leadership experience
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Evidence of post qualification study
- Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist
- Practice Education training
- Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a qualified occupational therapist in mental health
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of both group and individual work
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience as a Care Coordinator
- Experience in a clinical area related to the post
- Leadership experience
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health
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
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).
