Senior Community Occupational Therapist

Job summary

South Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub are seeking a motivated and experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a therapist who is ready to take the next step in their career and develop their Occupational Therapy skills in a community mental health setting. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high-quality care, proactive, engaged, and committed to supporting people in their mental health recovery.

The successful candidate will join an Occupational Therapy service that prides itself on innovation, excellent service delivery and continued learning. Further you will join a Hub of services that includes Nursing, Psychology, Community Navigators, Lived Experience Practitioners and Employment Specialists.

This post is based in Nightingale Place, South Kensington, but you will be required to visit patients across the Boroughs depending on service demand.

We operate a five-day service and working hours run from 9 am to 5 pm.

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Main duties of the job

• To provide the multi-disciplinary team with an Occupational Therapy service and expertise, this willinclude individual and group work, assessment, intervention and evaluation in accordance with the Royal College of OT Code of Ethics.
• To utilise evidence-based assessment tools such as those described in the Model of Human Occupation, to establish a baseline functional assessment from which recommendations can determine further ongoing care and treatment to enable optimum functioning.
• To integrate evidence-based practice and skilful use of assessments & interventions with personal recovery principles to improve the service users' quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and live the life they want to lead.
• To Key Work a caseload of service users and provide specialist occupational therapy interventions for individuals who have identified occupational performance needs within the Team
• To provide group work and build partnerships with local organisations to support individuals on their recovery journey and to improve their health and wellbeing.
• To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental illness and physical conditions; providing training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user's social and physical environment.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal as required. To act as practice educator to students on practice placement.

About us

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends, family, carers, and also other staff members.

As a member of the clinical team, we expect you to showCOMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better.

We expect you toRESPECTeveryone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you toEMPOWERothers and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work inPARTNERSHIPand behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job description and Person Specification for further information on the job role requirements.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Registered with HCPC
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• Membership of RCoT/specialist section.
• Post-graduate training in mental health

Previous Experience

Essential

• Application of core OT skills and OT process using standardised assessment tools
• Experience of group facilitation
• Supervision of Occupational Therapists, OT students or non-qualified staff

Desirable

• Experience working as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist
• Experience in a community mental health setting

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates clear application of the occupational therapy process within a mental health setting, including the use of appropriate standardised and non-standardised assessment tools to inform intervention planning and evaluation
• Experience of managing an occupational therapy caseload, including prioritisation, care planning, delivery, and review of interventions for service users with mental health needs
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of risk assessment and risk management within a mental health setting, including working within organisational policies and contributing to multidisciplinary risk management processes.
• Ability to assess the impact of mental and physical health conditions on functional ability and occupational performance, and to make appropriate recommendations regarding equipment, aids, and environmental adaptations.
• Demonstrates respect and dignity in all interactions with service users, applying a culturally sensitive, person-centred approach that informs assessment, care planning, and occupational therapy interventions.

Desirable

• Has experience of managing a waiting list
• Has experience of group protocol development and implementation

Attitudes, aptitudes and personal characteristics

Essential

• Demonstrates the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with colleagues, service users, and carers, with an understanding of diversity and inclusive practice.
• Demonstrates the ability to actively promote Occupational Therapy within the multidisciplinary team and with service users, encouraging participation and engagement.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage and resolve conflict constructively and professionally

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South K&C Community Mental Health Hub

1 Nightingale Place

London

SW10 9NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

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