Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist PCMH

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Job summary

Are you an Occupational Therapist?

Do you want to be a part of our new Primary and Community Mental Health Service for People with Serious Mental Illness?

Are you keen to work with voluntary sector partners to support people in their local communities?

Summary

Sheffield is a national trailblazer site, delivering a new place-based community mentalhealth service for adults and older adults with serious mental illness. We're transformingmental health provision across Sheffield by providing personalised, trauma-informed care ata Primary Care Network level. See our video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-WxYcSBo8.

We are seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our primary care mental health multidisciplinary team.

We want to:

Increase numbers of people accessing psychological interventions.
Test new integrated community models for adults and older adults with serious mental illness, including people with a 'personality disorder'
Increase adults and older adults' choice and control over their care, so they can thrive in their communities
Increase the number of people with serious mental illness receiving physical health checks.
Increase access to specialist mental health pharmacists for medication reviews and prescribing advice

Main duties of the job

Be an enthusiastic ambassador for tackling health inequalities. Have a passion for partnership working to ensure people with serious mental illness are supported to live well in their communities without barriers and thresholds to care and treatment.

You will work with other members of the primary care team in one of our primary care networks in partnership with physical health, mental health, and voluntary sector colleagues.

Manage a caseload of clients with complex needs using specialist Occupational Therapy skills and evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

Deliver indirect and direct input to clients, via individual and group interventions.

Supervise and support other practitioners, experts by experience, and students.

Participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

About us

We are a partnership between Sheffield Health and Social Care, Primary Care Sheffield and NHS Sheffield CCG, and the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE).

We have small primary care mental health multidisciplinary teams including: Clinical Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Clinical Associate Psychologists, Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners, an Occupational Therapist, a Mental Health Pharmacist, Community Connectors, and Health Coaches, as well as an increased VCSE offer led by Sheffield Mind.

Sheffield is a wonderful city to live in! From a vibrant and interesting art and music scene, to delicious places to eat Sheffield has it all! We're also delightfully close to the iconic Peak District, so all your outside rest and recuperation it's just a short journey away.

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes us such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds, support each other, and all have expertise and stories to share.

You'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

Date posted

25 January 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

457-22-3795512

Job locations

GP practices and PCNs

Fulwood House, Old Fulwood Rd,

Sheffield

S10 3TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

To select and apply Occupational Therapy Assessments for a caseload with complex needs addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self maintenance productivity and leisure.

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of work.

To undertake the comprehensive OT assessment of clients using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised treatment plans.

To accept a clinical responsibility for a designated caseload with complex presentations, prioritising need and taking on a co-ordinating role within the team, where relevant.

To plan and implement client centred individual and/or group interventions, using clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment interventions to achieve therapeutic goals.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for clients with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the clients social and physical environment where applicable.

To assess the occupational needs of a defined client group and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment programmes

To provide occupational therapy services in working conditions which may be hazardous eg exposure to body fluids, aggressive persons, visits to high risk areas and associated travel risks

To assess capacity gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

To undertake therapeutic moving and handling of clients and equipment, within clinical settings

To work with clients, carers and relatives who may have distressing social/clinical circumstances.

Communication

To establish robust communication networks with clients, carers and other health workers and agencies.

To demonstrate skills in communicating complex sensitive and contentious information to clients and carers as appropriate.

To promote awareness of the role of Occupational Therapy within the team, locally and nationally.

To demonstrate presentation skills in a variety of settings as appropriate.

Documentation

To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional Agency and Trust standards and to provide specialist Occupational Therapy reports relevant to practice setting.

Professional ethics

To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and procedures

To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

To demonstrate the ability to reflect on ethical issues and to provide guidance to junior staff as necessary.

Leadership supervision & appraisal

In line with local guidelines review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.

To provide effective leadership, performance management, supervision and appraisal for junior staff.

To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.

Training staff & students

To contribute to the induction, training of students and other staff both within or external to the Trust.

To provide specialist advice to OT colleagues in other clinical areas.

To provide specialist advice and training to carers, clients and other professionals.

To be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of Occupational Therapy students on practice placement within the Trust.

Service development & delivery

To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service development within the team, leading on delegated projects.

To lead in the delivery of delegated areas of the Occupational Therapy development plan.

Professional development

To apply specialist skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practise as a senior Occupational Therapist.

To demonstrate a high level of ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.

Clinical governance, quality, standards

To contribute in the Sheffield Care Trusts, Therapy Services, and local teams clinical governance arrangements, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards.

To apply national guidelines/legislation relating to health and social care service provision.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.

Management

To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.

To co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff where applicable.

To provide advice on resources necessary to maintain the service.

To decide priorities for own work area balancing other patient related and professional demands and ensuring that these remain in accordance with those of the service area as a whole.

To be actively involved in the collation of appropriate data and statistics as required by Therapy Services.

Research & practice development

To undertake research and/or audit projects relevant to Occupational Therapy and/or service area, disseminating findings at local level.

The post holder will be required:

To undertake any other duties which may be allocated by the Occupational Therapy Professional Lead within the general scope of the post and appropriate to the grade.
To maintain existing skills and develop/receive training in new skills as required to carry out the work of the Trust.
It is the responsibility of all Trust employees to ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with best practice risk management.
All employees are expected to observe the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy in their behaviour to clients, patients, the public and colleagues.