Band 5 Occupational Therapist

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking to recruit a professional to manage a service user caseload on their rehabilitation ward. The ideal candidate will undertake assessments, develop personalized interventions, and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care and promote well-being. This position offers a commitment to quality improvement and staff development within the trust's innovative framework.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Relocation support up to £10,000

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a caseload independently.
• Ability to develop service user-centered interventions.
• Experience in contributing to clinical meetings and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a service user caseload on the rehabilitation ward.
• Undertake assessments of daily living skills.
• Contribute to the running and evaluation of cross-site activities.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Risk assessment

Group interventions

Self-care and rehabilitation knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Relevant healthcare qualifications

Job description

Responsibilities

• To manage a service user caseload on the Medium secure rehabilitation ward under supervision.
• To undertake both one-to-one and group interventions with service users within the Forensic Service independently with support through reflection and supervision.
• To use clinical reasoning to assess the impact of long term conditions such as a service user's mental health of learning disability diagnosis on the occupational areas of self‑care, productivity and leisure and the performance components of inter / intra personal, cognitive and physical abilities.
• To undertake assessment of daily living skills to ascertain the level of functional ability, risk factors, level of support / accommodation needs in order to aid discharge planning / community care plans.
• To work with the service users to develop a service user centred intervention, in conjunction with those involved in the service user's care ensuring regular evaluation of the care plan.
• To contribute to clinical meetings/ ward rounds/ CPA meetings and be responsible for the feedback of clinical information on service users progress.
• To carry out appropriate risk assessment and management with relevant professionals in relation to violence and aggression, abscosion and self‑harm in conjunction with the MDT.
• To empower and educate service users about their holistic health and well‑being to enhance quality of life and prevent relapse, considering the need for rehabilitation, social inclusion and health promotion.
• To contribute to the running and evaluation of a varied programme of cross‑site activities including Recovery College courses and site wide events.
• To produce clinical reports on a regular basis and disseminate to other involved professionals, agencies and the service user.
• To apply equal opportunities and anti‑discriminatory interventions that respect the service users' customs, values and spiritual beliefs at all times.

Making Things Better

Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Our Community

We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Aiming High

We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rated 'Outstanding' in 2021. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.

Staff and Service Users United

We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician‑led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.

We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

Diversity

ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre‑set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

Other reasons to apply

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

Our Mission and Values

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.