Job summary
This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Intensive Home Treat Team based in ACMH - IHTT Airedale
We are looking for someone to provide a high standard of care for service users within the Acute Community Services in Bradford.
You will be involved in the development of an innovative and tailored Occupational Therapy services to support adults, including older age adults, within an acute mental health setting.
As an Occupational therapist you will be providing clinical risk and mental health assessments, formulations and short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis as well as Occupational Therapy assessments. Working within the community, you will provide a range of face-to-face brief, solution focused interventions empowering service users, carers and their families in decision making and signpost to a range of health and social care resources for support.
Main duties of the job
- Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of care and treatment interventions for individual patients within the Acute Community Services, including, older adult service users.
- Act as the Clinical Practitioner within a shift to ensure that the care of patients is of the highest standard.
- The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development of programmes of care, the implementation and evaluation of these programmes.
- Support the Team Manager and Senior Practitioner to meet quality standards, implement policy & procedure.
- Manage a clinical caseload from the Acute Mental Health Adult Care Service under the supervision of a Senior Occupational Therapist.
- Formulate and deliver interventions to meet functional, occupational, & environmental needs in negotiation with the Service User and in liaison with Care Navigator, Carers and relevant others,
- Work within the occupational therapy process utilising specialist standardised assessments where appropriate.
- Carry out holistic assessments, individual or group interventions in the most appropriate environmental setting e.g. hospital, community, home, workplace to facilitate seamless continuation of care.
- Support recovery, social inclusion, maintenance or development of roles and responsibilities within the domains of self care productivity or leisure. Promote and maximise potential for independence.
About us
We are a provider of award winning, high quality mental health, community and learning disability services that look after the 'whole person', caring for their physical and mental health needs. We work with individuals, their carers and our partners to ensure that people get the right care, in the right place with the right support.
Our health care services cover all ages, so if you live in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale or Craven.
We know that you want your care to be delivered in your own home, or as close to your home as possible and we are committed to providing high quality community care tailored to your needs.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: - We Care, We Listen, We Deliver
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as a named clinician with responsibility for assessment, implementation and evaluation of care for designated client group.
- Ensures good communication between the multidisciplinary team, patients, families and carers.
- The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision within their Professional Code of Practice.
- Supervise and support Assistant Practitioners, Senior Healthcare Support Workers and Healthcare Support Workers.
- Act as a mentor to students, support newly qualified staff through preceptorship and be responsible for implementing the appraisal process.
- Provide clinical leadership to the Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Support Workers.
for full details see JDPS
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as a named clinician with responsibility for assessment, implementation and evaluation of care for designated client group.
- Ensures good communication between the multidisciplinary team, patients, families and carers.
- The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision within their Professional Code of Practice.
- Supervise and support Assistant Practitioners, Senior Healthcare Support Workers and Healthcare Support Workers.
- Act as a mentor to students, support newly qualified staff through preceptorship and be responsible for implementing the appraisal process.
- Provide clinical leadership to the Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Support Workers.
for full details see JDPS
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational Therapy
- Registered (or pending registration) with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educator training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in relevant area of Mental Health in field of practice
- Knowledge of evidence based models of practice, assessments and interventions and strong reflective practice and clinical reasoning skills.
- Knowledge and experience in supervision and leadership with registered and non-registered staff and students.
Desirable
- Experience in staff appraisal, supervision and staff development.
- Experience/knowledge of mental health needs and associated difficulties in older age adults
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational Therapy
- Registered (or pending registration) with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Practice Placement Educator training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in relevant area of Mental Health in field of practice
- Knowledge of evidence based models of practice, assessments and interventions and strong reflective practice and clinical reasoning skills.
- Knowledge and experience in supervision and leadership with registered and non-registered staff and students.
Desirable
- Experience in staff appraisal, supervision and staff development.
- Experience/knowledge of mental health needs and associated difficulties in older age adults
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).
