East London NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist Band 6

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Job summary

Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Do you want to work with older adults with dementia, mental health and physical health needs in a multidisciplinary inpatient setting whilst promoting evidence-based practice?

Are you an autonomous Occupational Therapist who can provide Occupational Therapy specific assessment, treatment/interventions and contribute to planning and evaluating services? Then this is the job for you.

Main duties of the job

To work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to assess and treat older people with dementia and mental health support needs, enabling future accommodation/care to be identified in line with individual preference and best interest.
To be responsible for their own caseload on Sally Sherman ward, providing Occupational Therapy specific assessment, treatment/interventions via a range of individual and/or group treatments.
To provide Occupational Therapy input for a small caseload of older people with dementia and mental health support needs on Fothergill Step Down ward and feedback to the MDT Team as appropriate.
To develop and maintain links with Community services and relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies.
To provide clinical supervision and support practice education when required.
To contribute to the planning and evaluation of the services.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Date posted

27 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,762 to £45,765 a year per annum, incl. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-CHN12452

Job locations

EHCC Inpatient Therapy Team

Sally Sherman Ward, East Ham Care Centre

London

E7 8QP

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a client caseload, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to provide Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment within the units.
To assess clients mental state, identify any significant risk factors pertaining to home/community integration, and undertake risk assessments, liaising with relevant dementia care/community team.

To promote and apply evidenced based practice to service delivery.For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

For contact information please see below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage a client caseload, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to provide Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment within the units.
To assess clients mental state, identify any significant risk factors pertaining to home/community integration, and undertake risk assessments, liaising with relevant dementia care/community team.

To promote and apply evidenced based practice to service delivery.For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

For contact information please see below.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
State Registration

Desirable

Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Experience

Essential

At least one year post qualification in clinical mental health setting and/or
Demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Experience of CPD and role development activities

Knowledge

Essential

Needs and rights of service users and / or carers in planning and service development
Applied social, health and medical sciences required for the practice of Occupational Therapy including psychology, anatomy, physiology and sociology
Applied psychological perspectives relevant to OT in mental health including behavioural, cognitive and humanistic perspectives
The theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice
Specialist clinical skills in order to carry out OT interventions (e.g. interactive and activity based interventions, cognitive behavioural interventions, psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions )
Specialist skills via training e.g. group effectiveness skills

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
State Registration

Desirable

Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Experience

Essential

At least one year post qualification in clinical mental health setting and/or
Demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
Experience of CPD and role development activities

Knowledge

Essential

Needs and rights of service users and / or carers in planning and service development
Applied social, health and medical sciences required for the practice of Occupational Therapy including psychology, anatomy, physiology and sociology
Applied psychological perspectives relevant to OT in mental health including behavioural, cognitive and humanistic perspectives
The theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice
Specialist clinical skills in order to carry out OT interventions (e.g. interactive and activity based interventions, cognitive behavioural interventions, psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions )
Specialist skills via training e.g. group effectiveness 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

EHCC Inpatient Therapy Team

Sally Sherman Ward, East Ham Care Centre

London

E7 8QP

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

EHCC Inpatient Therapy Team

Sally Sherman Ward, East Ham Care Centre

London

E7 8QP

Employer's website

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