Job summary
As Occupational Therapist, you will be expected to support the Occupational Therapy Team tomanage a defined caseload of young people with eating disorders using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions at Schoen Clinic Newbridge. You will also need tomaintain clinical records andwork creatively alongside wider OT team to facilitate individual and group occupational therapy intervention and support young people in the community.
Main duties of the job
- Supporting patients to help them set and work towards agreed goals
- To assist the OT team to plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patients, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
- Carrying out observations, e.g. how a patient copes with daily living functions and feeding back information to the OT and MDT as appropriate
- Planning. setting up of groups and leading activities (following a period of training and shadowing of OTs)
- To comply with the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- To be a registered member of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and follow relevant national policies and guidelines in conjunction with Schoen Clinic Newbridge procedures
- After 1 year in post to attend practice educator training to support a student
About us
Schoen Clinic Newbridge is a multi-award-winning and specialist eating disorder hospital, providing inpatient, outpatient and daycare services to young people aged 8-18 years.
Schoen Clinic culture
Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based around our five key values:
Accountable:Taking ownership of the things I say and do
Caring:Treating others as I would like to be treated
Collaborative:Working together to make a winning team
Courageous:Being proud to be different and challenge the norm
Determined:Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Occupational Therapist Job Description' for further information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Occupational Therapist Job Description' for further information about the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of eating disorders
- Knowledge of mental health conditions
- Creative skills e.g. art/craft
- Car driver with daily use of own vehicle and business insurance to carry patients and staff (or willing to obtain this on commencing in post)
- Experience of working with young people age 8 18 years
- Experience of working in healthcare and/or educational settings
- Experience of documenting
- Basic IT skills email, Word, Excel etc
Desirable
- Experience of supporting individuals to develop independence skills.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working in an inpatient setting.
- Experience of working with eating disorders.
- Experience of working within an Occupational Therapy service.
- Experience of facilitating group work.
- Experience in handling money and retaining receipts.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of education e.g. GCSE or equivalent
- To be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge gained to this level through formal training or experience
Desirable
- Other related qualifications relating to working with young people in a healthcare setting, or relating to activities completed as part of the OT service e.g. cooking, creative skills, physical activities
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of eating disorders
- Knowledge of mental health conditions
- Creative skills e.g. art/craft
- Car driver with daily use of own vehicle and business insurance to carry patients and staff (or willing to obtain this on commencing in post)
- Experience of working with young people age 8 18 years
- Experience of working in healthcare and/or educational settings
- Experience of documenting
- Basic IT skills email, Word, Excel etc
Desirable
- Experience of supporting individuals to develop independence skills.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working in an inpatient setting.
- Experience of working with eating disorders.
- Experience of working within an Occupational Therapy service.
- Experience of facilitating group work.
- Experience in handling money and retaining receipts.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of education e.g. GCSE or equivalent
- To be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge gained to this level through formal training or experience
Desirable
- Other related qualifications relating to working with young people in a healthcare setting, or relating to activities completed as part of the OT service e.g. cooking, creative skills, physical activities
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.
