Occupational Therapist

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in Hemel Hempstead is seeking an Occupational Therapist to manage client caseloads with complex needs. Responsibilities include providing leadership to junior staff, developing interventions, and maintaining clinical records. The successful candidate must possess UK professional registration and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional development. This position offers a supportive environment with a strong focus on staff welfare and work-life balance.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Focus on employee wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience managing a caseload of clients with complex OT needs.
• Ability to provide leadership and supervision to junior staff.
• Strong collaboration skills with service users and multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients using evidence-based principles.
• Lead and supervise junior staff and OT students.
• Develop and evaluate OT services and interventions.
• Maintain clinical records using an electronic system.

Skills

Evidence based/client-centred principles

Leadership

Client management

Communication

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• To manage a caseload of clients with complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
• To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate.
• Following assessment, to undertake case formulation in order to highlight occupational strengths and limitations and to inform the intervention plan moving forward.
• To work collaboratively with service users to identify OT goals as part of the overall recovery plan.
• To provide interventions in the manner that is consistent with Trust standards and values.
• To routinely provide feedback to the MDT regarding observed occupational performance throughout contact, which inform ongoing assessment and therapeutic intervention.
• To provide specialist support and education to service users and carers regarding aspects of occupational therapy e.g. equipment fitting, rehabilitation programmes.
• To maintain clinical records using the electronic patient record system.
• To liaise with carers and other professionals as relevant.
• To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.
• To attend mandatory training.
• To comply with the RCOT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and Trust policies.
• To review and reflect on your own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
• To maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal/external development opportunities.
• To actively participate in the Trust OT CPD development programme, as a learner and a facilitator.
• To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Fieldwork Educator's course.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship. You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

About Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country.

Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported through a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional.