Occupational Therapy Advanced Practitioner

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Occupational Therapy Advanced Practitioner to join the newly formed Hospital at Home team delivering care for older adults with mental health needs across the Black Country footprint. You will lead advanced OT assessments, manage complex caseloads, and support early discharge with MDT collaboration.

The role emphasizes clinical leadership, risk formulation, and supervision within a community-oriented crisis service, aligning with

Qualifications

• Must be a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with experience in mental health.
• Experience in older adult care within community or hospital settings preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with complex caseloads.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced OT assessments for older adults in mental health crisis.
• Manage autonomous, complex caseloads with high-risk scenarios.
• Provide risk formulations and joint decision making with MDT.
• Conduct environmental and manual handling risk assessments.
• Offer clinical supervision to senior team members and escalations as needed.

Skills

Advanced OT clinical skills

Mental health assessment

Clinical supervision

Education

HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapy Advamced Practitioner to join the newly established Hospital at Home 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 mental health setting. By providing alternatives to hospital admissions, and supporting early hospital discharges, this role will be fundamental in enabling Older Adults in mental health 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 an Occupational Therpy Advanced Practitioner 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 post for you. The primary function of the Hospital at Home team is to support Older Adults experiencing mental health crisis, 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.,

• The post holder will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical work, managing an autonomous and complex caseload of Hospital at Home older adults
• Conduct advanced Occupational Therapy mental health assessments for patients with acute mental illness, frailty, cognitive impairment, complex, multi-morbidity and diverse psychosocial needs, applying higher level clinical reasoning to formulate accurate occupational profiles and intervention plans.
• To possess comprehensive clinical mental health risk assessment skills, including 5Ps formulation and longitudinal risk formulation, participating in shared multidisciplinary decision making to manage risk, whilst demonstrating the ability to manage patient risk act appropriately to ensure the safety of others and self when working as a lone practitioner.
• Conduct advanced Occupational Therapy assessments to address occupational performance issues related to complex physical health needs, environmental and manual handling risk assessment, falls prevention, frailty, seating and postural assessment.
• Provide clinical decision support and clinical supervision to Senior Occupational Therapist (Band 6) acting as the senior therapy point of escalation for clinical concerns, undertaking joint visits for complex cases, and ensuring all team members are supported to deliver safe, evidence-based care.
  The Hospital at Home treatment team is a newly developed and first of its kind service within our organisation. We are proud to be establishing this team that will offer support specifically to older adults presenting in an acute mental health crisis.