Occupational Therapist - CAMHS Eating Disorders

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to be a part of a service undergoing some radical changes with increasing investment?

Are you looking to work within a specialist service?

If so, this could be the job for you!

Our Specialist Sussex-Wide Family Eating Disorder Service (SFEDS) are looking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Band 6 Occupational Therapist. SFEDS works with young people aged 10-18 with Anorexia Nervosa/ Bulimia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and their families, and supports recovery through Evidence Based Interventions such as Maudsley Family Therapy models, group work, and CBT-E.

You will be joining a service of highly skilled and experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Psychiatry, Paediatrician, Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Psychologists, Nurses, Support Workers, Dietitian, and Social Workers with support from an outstanding administration team. Our team is responsible for covering all of Sussex, operating as a hub and spoke model with Crawley Down Health Centre as the main team hub.

Main duties of the job

Your role as a band 6 Occupational Therapist will primarily offer interventions within the Home Intervention Team (HiT) . HiT provides a discrete additional intervention as an alternative service to young people and their families who are at high risk of hospital admission.

As an Occupational Therapist in our Home Intervention team you will identify and deliver relevant treatments and interventions; liaising where appropriate with families, carers and the professional network. You will conduct assessments of young people referred to SFEDS, as well as support existing patients and their families with completing meals at home according to their treatment plan.

A primary goal of the role is to support treatment in the community and prevent hospital admissions. In doing so, you will be a key player in liaising with family, school, medical staff and all professionals involved in the young person's recovery. You will be supported within the team by senior clinicians and will work closely with other specialists within the service.

About us

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

  • With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
  • Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
  • Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK

We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

  • 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
  • 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

Date posted

17 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year pa / pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

354-CS-21112-D

Job locations

Crawley Down Health Centre

15 Bowers Pl, Crawley Down

Crawley

RH10 4HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Occupational Therapist in our team you will:

  • Hold a Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and be HPC registered
  • Comfortable in providing consultation to colleagues, and intervention and treatment for young people with eating disorders
  • Experienced in working with people presenting with mental health problems

It would also be advantageous if you have:

  • Experience within an Eating Disorders team/ service

You will be required to travel across Sussex so access to transport is required.

We are currently able to support Flexible Working requests in line with the organisations policy.

We are also increasing face to face contacts with YP and their families, so can support hybrid working, but do require staff to be on site for a minimum of 60% of their working week. All adjustments must be discussed and approved with your operational lead to ensure service delivery is not compromised

MAIN DUTIES

  • To provide specialist assessment and interventions using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
  • To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within SFEDS
  • To act as lead practitioner for young people updating care plans and risk assessments.
  • To work as part of the SFEDS paediatric liaison team working with hospital staff and others to ensure safe discharge into the community and working closely with the provider collaborative

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For more information, please contact:

Lee Jones - Operational Service Manager lee.jones@spft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Occupational Therapist in our team you will:

  • Hold a Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and be HPC registered
  • Comfortable in providing consultation to colleagues, and intervention and treatment for young people with eating disorders
  • Experienced in working with people presenting with mental health problems

It would also be advantageous if you have:

  • Experience within an Eating Disorders team/ service

You will be required to travel across Sussex so access to transport is required.

We are currently able to support Flexible Working requests in line with the organisations policy.

We are also increasing face to face contacts with YP and their families, so can support hybrid working, but do require staff to be on site for a minimum of 60% of their working week. All adjustments must be discussed and approved with your operational lead to ensure service delivery is not compromised

MAIN DUTIES

  • To provide specialist assessment and interventions using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
  • To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within SFEDS
  • To act as lead practitioner for young people updating care plans and risk assessments.
  • To work as part of the SFEDS paediatric liaison team working with hospital staff and others to ensure safe discharge into the community and working closely with the provider collaborative

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For more information, please contact:

Lee Jones - Operational Service Manager lee.jones@spft.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ?Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
  • ?Evidence of post graduate level study/training
  • Registration with the HCPC as an occupational therapist
  • Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • 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 of multi-agency work
  • Leadership experience
  • Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health

Skills

Essential

  • Able to communication complex condition related information to service users, carers and colleagues
  • Work with others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices including policies and strategies.
  • Develop partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies
  • Delegate work to others
  • Demonstrate the ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service
  • Ability to use Trust IT systems including e-mail and electronic clinical records (standard keyboard skills)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ?Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
  • ?Evidence of post graduate level study/training
  • Registration with the HCPC as an occupational therapist
  • Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • 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 of multi-agency work
  • Leadership experience
  • Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health

Skills

Essential

  • Able to communication complex condition related information to service users, carers and colleagues
  • Work with others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practices including policies and strategies.
  • Develop partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies
  • Delegate work to others
  • Demonstrate the ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service
  • Ability to use Trust IT systems including e-mail and electronic clinical records (standard keyboard skills)

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.

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Additional information

UK Registration

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Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Crawley Down Health Centre

15 Bowers Pl, Crawley Down

Crawley

RH10 4HY


Employer's website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Crawley Down Health Centre

15 Bowers Pl, Crawley Down

Crawley

RH10 4HY


Employer's website

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Service Manager

Lee Jones

lee.jones@spft.nhs.uk

Date posted

17 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year pa / pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

354-CS-21112-D

Job locations

Crawley Down Health Centre

15 Bowers Pl, Crawley Down

Crawley

RH10 4HY


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