Occupational Therapist

West London NHS Trust; Southall; Vor Ort; GBP 37.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

West London NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to support care home residents with dementia or functional mental illness in Ealing. You will work across 32 care homes within CHILS, using MDT approach to reduce placement breakdown and maintain residents' engagement in meaningful activities.

You will deliver OT interventions, provide staff training, and form partnerships with services to improve quality of life for residents.

Qualifikationen

• Interest in older persons' mental health evidenced by placements, study, volunteering or prior experience.
• Experience with people living with dementia.
• OT experience in inpatient and/or community older persons' mental health settings.
• Experience receiving supervision and using it for development.
• Evidence of contributing to a team project, service improvement idea or quality activity.
• Involvement in research and clinical audit.
• Knowledge of Model of Human Occupation (MOHO).

Aufgaben

• Manage a caseload of care home residents with dementia or functional mental illness and co-occurring health conditions.
• Deliver person-centred, evidence-based OT interventions.
• Deliver training programmes to enhance care home staff knowledge and skills.
• Form partnerships with relevant individuals, services and organisations.

Kenntnisse

Older persons' mental health

Dementia care experience

Communication & negotiation

Autonomy

Planning & decision-making

Professional identity

In-service training

Relationship building

Ausbildung

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Tools

MOHO knowledge

Standardized assessment tools

Outcome measures

Jobbeschreibung

The post is an exciting opportunity for a band 5 Occupational Therapist to develop skills in working with care home residents living with either a dementia diagnosis or a functional mental illness.

The post is based in Ealing borough working across the thirty-two care homes currently in CHILS' scope. There is the option to use either the Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Service's team bases or Trust Headquarters as admin space.

The job involves working as part of an MDT to support care home residents with behaviours that challenge their caregivers to reduce placement breakdown and to improve residents' quality of life through maintenance of skills and engagement in meaningful occupation.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will manage a caseload of care home residents living either with dementia or a functional mental illness and co-occurring physical health conditions to deliver person-centred, evidence-based Occupational Therapy interventions to support residents with behaviours that challenge their caregivers.

Delivering training programmes to enhance care home staffs' knowledge and skills.

Forming working partnerships with relevant individuals, services and organisations.

This is an ideal role for an Occupational Therapist who would like to make a genuine, positive difference to the lives of care home residents.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Experience

• A clear interest in older persons' mental health, demonstrated through placements, study, voluntary work or previous experience.
• Experience of, or exposure to, working with people living with dementia. This can come from placements, volunteering or a previous role.
• Experience, from placement or work, of OT in an in-patient and/or community older persons' mental health setting, or a willingness to develop it.
• Experience of receiving supervision and reflecting on practice, plus the ability to use supervision to develop
• Evidence of contributing to a team project, service improvement idea or quality activity, for example on placement or in a previous role.
• Involvement in research and clinical audit
• Use of Model of Human Occupation (MOHO)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant policy and changes within wider NHS relevant to Older Persons' Mental Health
• Awareness and knowledge of factors specifically relating to O.T. within older persons' mental health
• Ability to build rapport with service users, carers and colleagues
• Evidence of ability in OT assessment, treatment planning, intervention and evaluation
• Use of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures
• Ability to work independently and under supervision as part of a team
• Awareness of research methodology
• Ability to prepare and present papers at study days and conferences
• Ability to apply (research) evidence-based practice
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise Academic papers

Personal Qualities

• Able to demonstrate a strong professional identity
• Able to communicate and negotiate effectively with staff at all levels
• Able to commit to and work effectively within teams, both MDT and profession specific
• Ability to work autonomously
• Clear effective planning and decision-making skills
• Able to maintain the profile of occupational therapy within a multidisciplinary setting
• Able to contribute to in- service training
• Able to establish good working relationships across the Trust and other agencies
• Demonstrates the ability to professionally role model
• Computer Literacy
• Good organizational skills and time management

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.

£36,943 to £44,900 a yearPer Annum Inclusive of HCAS