Specialist Practitioner OT

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Hull is seeking Band 6 Occupational Therapists with a mental health specialty or experienced Band 5 candidates to join the Hull Community Mental Health service. The role involves providing specialist treatment and care to those with mental illness and offering training to other staff. Benefits include generous leave and flexible work options, supporting a healthy work-life balance. Candidates should hold current professional registration and possess relevant clinical knowledge and experience.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working options

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Current HCPC professional registration.
• Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards, and protocols.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Support people who have experienced mental ill health and provide specialist treatment.
• Delegate intervention to appropriate staff members for evidence-based patient care.
• Provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines.

Skills

Effective inter-personal skills

Ability to motivate staff to embrace change

Education

Degree or equivalent

Teaching qualification or equivalent presentation skills/training experience

Job description

This role may be eligible for recruitment incentives, please liaise with the recruiting manager for further details.

Are you looking for a new opportunity?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join us in the Hull Community Mental Health service.

We are accepting applications from Band 6 established Occupational Therapists with mental health speciality or experienced band 5 who can demonstrate meeting the vacancy criteria. We offer staff benefits which includes generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work life balance.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of Humber wide Occupational Therapy staff group and the wider AHP network.

All Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Occupational Therapists are part of the wider Professional Network and access regular Community Services Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Group meetings. Training/personal and professional development is encouraged.

Main duties of the job

• To support people who have experienced mental ill health and provide specialist treatment and care.
• To delegate intervention to the appropriate staff members to enable evidence-based patient care, promote wellbeing and autonomy to manage their needs.
• Provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines and provide training and competency support to the wider team.
• To be accountable in own area of clinical responsibility, ensuring the delivery of evidence based clinical interventions and practice for a specialist caseload in a variety of settings.
• To follow the Occupational Therapy process / pathway with patients within standard operating procedures and contribute to care planning as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To continue to demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice and provide support, training, and advice regarding the delivery of care in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers, and externally with other agencies.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person Spec attached in the documentation section, for further information regarding role requirements

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Current HCPC professional registration
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
• Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
• Evidence of undertaking audits/surveys
• Evidence of continuing learning and CPD relevant to specialist area
• Developed to advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area
• Teaching qualification or equivalent presentation skills/training experience

Experience

• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
• Experience of case load management within specialist service area, some of which may be complex
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.

Skills and Competencies

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and fieldwork education/mentorship
• Ability to motivate staff to embrace change

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.