Senior Occupational Therapist

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Thurrock; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£8K relocation package

Excellent pension

Staff discounts

Season ticket loans

Flexible working

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Occupational Therapist to lead OT provision on a ward, running clinical interventions using the VdT Model of Creative Ability. You will supervise junior staff and work autonomously within professional standards, contributing to service development and CPD.

You will collaborate with the integrated team to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient treatment, discharge, and appropriate referrals to community services, while mentoring

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with current professional registration.
• Experience delivering occupational therapy using patient-centred approaches.
• Ability to supervise and mentor junior OT staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients referred to the service.
• Utilise specialist assessments for complex cases.
• Decide level of intervention and plan treatment.
• Communicate and negotiate treatment plans with clients and carers.
• Liaise with community OT department as required.
• Collaborate with the MDT to convey care plans.
• Modify environments to empower clients and assist functional performance.
• Coordinate with Social Services and Housing on equipment/home adaptations.
• Manage a complex caseload.
• Apply various treatment modalities with clinical reasoning.
• Delegate aspects of care to assistants and trainees.
• Review progress and adjust treatment or discharge plans.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autonomous practice

MDT collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Job Overview

• As the Senior OT, you will have responsibility for the OT provision on your ward, which includes managing clinical interventions using the VdT Model of Creative Ability, as well as the supervision of junior OT staff.


• To work as an autonomous professional according to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy ‘Professional standards for occupational therapy practice, conduct and ethics (2021)’ and the ‘Health Professions Council Regulations’.


• To contribute to the overall service development of the team and actively participate in Continuing Professional Development. Provide leadership through supervision, mentoring, education and training.


• To work as part of the integrated team to plan, deliver and evaluate all aspects of the patient treatment process, including discharge and referral to appropriate community based health and social care agencies.

Main duties of the job

• To assess clients referred to the service.


• To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases.


• To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.


• To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with clients and their carers.


• To liaise closely with community Occupational Therapy Department as required.


• To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.


• To work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower clients and facilitate optimal functional performance.


• To liaise with Social Services and Housing Organisations concerning provision of equipment and home adaptations.


• To manage a complex caseload.


• To apply a variety of treatment modalities to meet the needs of clients in individual or group format, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate setting for intervention.


• To make clinically informed decisions in order to delegate aspects of client care to assistants, junior staff, students, carers and statutory or non-statutory bodies.


• To regularly review clients’ progress in order to evaluate and interpret effectiveness of treatment plans, and amend treatment or discharge clients accordingly.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.


• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.


• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.


• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.


• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.


• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.


• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us (subject to terms and conditions)


• Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.


• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre‑employment checks.

Please note

staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.