Occupational Therapist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

London Borough of Bromley

On-site

GBP 32,000 - 42,000

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Bromley Older Adult Community Mental Health Team on a part-time basis. The role focuses on specialist OT assessment and recovery-focused interventions for a small caseload, delivered through individual and group work to promote independence and meaningful activity.

You will contribute to the OT pathway, supervise staff and students, collaborate with MDT colleagues, and support service development to ensure

Qualifications

Registered OT with experience in older adults and community mental health.
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and autonomously.

Responsibilities

To manage a clinical caseload.
To work as a member of the MDT.
To supervise Support Workers and OT students.
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT.
To plan and deliver OT interventions (group/individual).
To contribute to service development and quality improvement.
To manage care co-ordination for a caseload.
To participate in risk assessment and safeguarding.
To ensure appropriate discharge planning and handover.

Skills

Clinical caseload

MDT collaboration

Evidence-based OT

OT assessment

Group & individual work

Supervise staff

CPD participation

Care co-ordinator

Discharge planning

Risk assessment

Education

Registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

Occupational Therapist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with older adults. A part time position has become available in Bromley Older Adult Community Mental Health Team and we warmly welcome your applications. You will deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment and recovery-focused interventions to a small caseload through individual and group work. You will promote active engagement in meaningful occupations and facilitate the skills development and independence of service users.

The postholder will work in collaboration with other Occupational Therapists in the CMHT in contributing to the development and delivery of the OT pathway, while also holding care co‑ordination responsibility for a small, defined number of service users. You will promote occupational therapy, supervise support staff and students, and contribute to service development and quality improvement across the service. We are seeking someone that is motivated, organised, able to work autonomously and work collaboratively with the MDT, as well as our partners in the acute directorate to promote recovery and ensure a smooth transition for patients.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

Key Task and Responsibilities

Clinical

To manage a clinical caseload
To work as a member of the MDT
To support the development of evidence-based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self-care, leisure and work.
To contribute to service development
To participate in research/audit activities
To supervise the work of Support Workers and OT students on fieldwork placement
To provide specialist OT advice to the MDT
To work independently without direct supervision
To follow an agreed job plan
To manage a capped caseload of service users with complex mental health needs, taking on the role of Care Co-ordinator
On occasions, you may be required to support the duty system
To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques
To work with service users in a variety of settings in order to provide the most effective assessment & interventions
To plan & implement service user led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
To ensure service users health, social, cultural and spiritual needs are considered at all times
To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs
To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and identify outcomes
To plan and deliver services in line with the CPA framework, Community Mental Health Framework and NHS Long Term Plan
To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability
To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions
To identify appropriate & inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload
To manage effective discharge ensuring service user and all relevant agencies are given relevant information
To contribute to and carry out risk assessment & risk management plans
To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings
To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a Band 6 OT
To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust
To contribute and maintain CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities
To contribute to the team’s clinical governance and quality agenda
To demonstrate understanding and application of national guidelines and legislation relating to mental health & social care provision
To apply risk management procedures at all times
To promote and facilitate service user involvement in own clinical area