Specialist Occupational Therapist

Tewv Brits; Ripon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service in Ripon seeks a dedicated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join their team. The role involves providing evidence-based assessments and interventions to promote recovery and independence for service users with mental health issues. Successful candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in delivering occupational therapy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months post-qualification experience in occupational therapy.
• Experience working with mental health issues, learning disabilities, or autism.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for own complex therapy caseload, delivering OT individually and in groups.
• Conducts complex assessments and develops OT goals.
• Collaborates with service users and families in the MDT.

Skills

Clinical risk assessment

Evidence-based practice

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Professional qualification in Occupational Therapy

Current registration with regulatory body

Postgraduate training in specialist area

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 30 June 2025

The Orchards is a nine bedded recovery unit for people with longer term mental health problems. It is situated near the picturesque cathedral city of Ripon. It is only 45 minutes from Leeds and York.

We aim to help people to manage and recover from mental health problems. We will encourage service users to take part in social activities and therapeutic groups to help them to learn daily living skills.

The purpose of our service is to service users gain greater independence and follow a healthy lifestyle, in order to achieve a good quality of life within the community.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Orchards rehabilitation and recovery team. Occupational therapists play a crucial role in supporting individuals recover from mental ill health. OT is an essential part of the Orchards MDT.

You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan.

Main duties of the job

Is professionally accountable for own occupationally complex therapy caseload, working autonomously to deliver occupational therapy 1-1 and/or in groups, in a variety of settings (which may include the people who use our services' own home).

Seeks guidance for highly occupationally complex cases from the relevant more senior occupational therapist as appropriate.

Undertakes complex and noncomplex occupational therapy assessments,co-creates occupational therapy goals, and delivers occupational therapyintervention.

Reviews occupational therapy intervention in collaboration with people who use our services and family as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to promote independence and wellbeing.

Obtains people who use our services consent (or appropriate legal alternative) for occupational therapy intervention, using autonomous professional judgment in complex situations ensuring that all people who use our services remain at the centre of decision making and are fully safeguarded.

About us

As a Specialist Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will work within a multi-disciplinary team, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway and offer input to individuals, their families and carers.

All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.

There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.

Additional contact details :- Megan Elliott ,Specialist Occupational Therapist . [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification for occupational therapy role
• Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 7 (SLT =8) for International recruits
• Post graduate training in relevant specialist area

Experience

• Minimum 12 months post qualifying experience of occupational therapy delivery
• Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
• Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team

Knowledge

• Understanding of the needs of people who use our services with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
• Clinical risk assessment and application in practice
• Knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area
• Post graduate training in specialist area if applicable to post (e.g. dysphagia, autism diagnostics)
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of managing complex occupational therapy cases
• Awareness of professional standards and its application to practice

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust