Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 7 Specialist Mental Health Occupational Therapist to join the Tower Hamlets Mental Health Liaison team, a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in adult and older adult mental health.
The team provides compassionate, person centered and non-judgmental care to individuals presenting to the A&E department with mental health related problems. Assessments, care and treatment are also provided to inpatients at the Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's hospital who have mental health needs.
This is a full time post, with the opportunity for flexibility, working across the working age and older adult service within the acute trust hospital. The post holder will work across the emergency pathway as well as general hospital acute wards and provide opportunity for extensive joint working with our acute trust colleagues. You will have the opportunity to develop and build on assessment, supervision and liaison skills
Professional supervision will be provided as will a full range of support to develop into the role
Main duties of the job
- Providing assessment and brief intervention to patients in the acute hospital, contributing to a smooth and early discharge and /or prevents an admission to a mental health unit.2. Improve the experience of patients who receive care in the acute hospital.3. Take a lead in linking with the acute hospital multi-disciplinary team and the relevant mental health adult and older people Occupational Therapy teams in Tower Hamlets.4. Provide an occupational therapy perspective to the multi-disciplinary team regarding assessment, intervention, management and discharge planning.5. Provide specialist OT advice and support about the management and treatment of patients to acute hospital staff.6. Support the Head OT's in the development of clinical and professional practice within the OT service.7. Communicate across organisations using techniques such as negotiation, motivation and persuasion to ensure the role is effectively carried out
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Providing assessment and brief intervention to patients in the acute hospital, contributing to a smooth and early discharge and /or prevents an admission to a mental health unit.2. Improve the experience of patients who receive care in the acute hospital.3. Take a lead in linking with the acute hospital multi-disciplinary team and the relevant mental health adult and older people Occupational Therapy teams in Tower Hamlets.4. Provide an occupational therapy perspective to the multi-disciplinary team regarding assessment, intervention, management and discharge planning.5. Provide specialist OT advice and support about the management and treatment of patients to acute hospital staff.6. Support the Head OTs in the development of clinical and professional practice within the OT service.7. Communicate across organisations using techniques such as negotiation, motivation and persuasion to ensure the role is effectively carried out
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Providing assessment and brief intervention to patients in the acute hospital, contributing to a smooth and early discharge and /or prevents an admission to a mental health unit.2. Improve the experience of patients who receive care in the acute hospital.3. Take a lead in linking with the acute hospital multi-disciplinary team and the relevant mental health adult and older people Occupational Therapy teams in Tower Hamlets.4. Provide an occupational therapy perspective to the multi-disciplinary team regarding assessment, intervention, management and discharge planning.5. Provide specialist OT advice and support about the management and treatment of patients to acute hospital staff.6. Support the Head OTs in the development of clinical and professional practice within the OT service.7. Communicate across organisations using techniques such as negotiation, motivation and persuasion to ensure the role is effectively carried out
Person Specification
Education / Qualification
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy. HCP registered Occupational Therapy.
- Relevant further education with Adult and/or MHCOP.
Desirable
- Specialist courses to masters level or equivalent relevant to the post.
- Practice educator training.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years post graduate experience in a clinical mental health setting.
- Experience of working with older people and/or adults with mental health problems.
- Experience of supervision.
- Experience of undertaking assessment and care planning.
- Experience of involvement in service and practice development.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an inner city/diverse community.
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed assessment and care planning skills.
- To demonstrate a commitment to person-centerd care.
- An ability to engage and communicate with patients, their carers and other professionals, both verbally and in writing, on a one to one basis.
- To demonstrate the ability to manage a complex clinical caseload.
- An ability to assess and manage risk.
- To demonstrate the ability to make decisions on available evidence and to justify decisions effectively
- To demonstrate the ability to work independently and within a team.
Person Specification
Education / Qualification
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy. HCP registered Occupational Therapy.
- Relevant further education with Adult and/or MHCOP.
Desirable
- Specialist courses to masters level or equivalent relevant to the post.
- Practice educator training.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years post graduate experience in a clinical mental health setting.
- Experience of working with older people and/or adults with mental health problems.
- Experience of supervision.
- Experience of undertaking assessment and care planning.
- Experience of involvement in service and practice development.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an inner city/diverse community.
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed assessment and care planning skills.
- To demonstrate a commitment to person-centerd care.
- An ability to engage and communicate with patients, their carers and other professionals, both verbally and in writing, on a one to one basis.
- To demonstrate the ability to manage a complex clinical caseload.
- An ability to assess and manage risk.
- To demonstrate the ability to make decisions on available evidence and to justify decisions effectively
- To demonstrate the ability to work independently and within a team.
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
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).
