Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary

This is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday during standard business hours, within the Hospital at Home treatment team that will cover the Black Country footprint of Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton localities.

We are proud and excited to be establishing this new service, dedicated to supporting Older Adults in a community setting. By providing alternatives to hospital admissions, and supporting early hospital discharges, this role will be fundamental in enabling Older Adults in crisis, to regain independence, and recovery in the least restrictive environments.

This is a unique opportunity to join a team that is being newly formed, and we are seeking two dynamic senior Occupational Therapists to join us at the start of this transformational journey. If you want the opportunity to lead, develop and establish the role of Occupational Therapy, within Older Adult Hospital at Home crisis service, then this an ideal time to join us.

The primary function of the Hospital at Home team is to support Older Adults, providing care and treatment within a community setting. The team will work closely with existing community and inpatient services, to provide alternatives to hospital admissions and to facilitate and support early hospital discharges as required.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and occupationally focused interventions, within a multi-professional team, to Older Adults who are experiencing significant and / or urgent mental health needs. You will be expected to manage a caseload of Older Adults experiencing mental health crisis, that may coincide with significant physical health, impacting on occupational performance, but you will use your clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions aimed at improving occupational performance.
• Taking a lead in promoting recovery focused models of care which are responsive to the needs of Older Adults, you will enable person centred care planning, goals and outcomes.
• Working as a senior autonomous practitioner within a community multidisciplinary team setting, you will liaise and provide advice to members of the multidisciplinary team, to patients, carers and across a range of clinical pathways.
• Develop leadership for support staff, act as a student educator and offer placement experience to Occupational Therapy students, acting as a role model and providing ongoing support daily, in addition to supervision and appraisal processes.

About us

The Hospital at Home treatment team is newly developed and first of its kind within our organisation. We are proud to be establishing this team that will offer support specifically to older adults presenting in an acute crisis.

The role of Occupational Therapy within the Older Adult Division is well respected and valued, and you will receive support from the Divisional and wider Allied Health Professional teams, that are strongly established across our community and inpatient pathways.

We will support your career development and aspirations, and believe in empowering ourselves and others to make positive change through quality improvement. We have robust supervision, appraisal and CPD structures in place that focus on continual learning, as we support you to be your best.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide specialist Occupational Therapy evidenced based assessment and interventions that have clear, measurable outcomes to older adults referred to the Hospital at Home treatment team, presenting with complex and urgent mental health needs in a variety of community settings.
• To be responsible for the assessment of occupational therapy needs. To formulate person centred care and treatment plans to address these occupational needs for older adults with acute mental health needs.
• To undertake complex risk assessment and formulation to inform risk management, treatment and care planning activity, to support effective service delivery.
• To undertake occupational therapy assessments, develop treatment interventions and outcomes based on the model of human occupation, using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised treatment and care plans.
• To ensure that care planning activities meet a range of physical, psychological, emotional and social needs associated with the persons mental health.
• To work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members providing occupational therapy specific contributions to the care and treatment process of patients, providing advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the persons social and physical environment to enable occupational performance.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of HCPC Registration
• Post graduate training relevant to mental health

Desirable

• Post graduate training in leadership and/or management

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of using a range of assessment tools to plan treatment and recovery
• Evidence of managing a complex caseload of older adults with acute mental health needs
• Significant post registration experience of working with older adults with mental health needs
• Documented evidence of CPD
• Experience of being a placement educator

Desirable

• Building links with third sector / community resources
• Experience of working in a community setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of delivering a range of interventions
• Knowledge / experience of delivering recovery focussed interventions
• Knowledge and application of MOHO
• Knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions with Older adults with mental health needs
• Effective clinical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills
• Understanding current legislation, policy and practice in the field of OA MH
• Application of risk assessment
• Use of policy and procedure to manage clinical activity

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of delivering cognitive rehabilitation interventions
• Post reg training in group work and skill development

personal qualities / skills

Essential

• Awareness of diversity, ethical issues and ability to analyse these in practice
• Post grad training as relevant to post
• Commitment and enthusiasm to continued development of OT within OA MH
• Commitment to person centred care and recovery
• Positive attitude towards learning and supervision

Desirable

• Membership of specialist interest groups

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Evidence / Knowledge of Trust values and behaviours

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

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Quayside House

Rounds Green Road

Oldbury

B69 2RD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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