Job summary
- Main area
- Lewisham
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-6075269-B
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Speedwell mental health centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum incl. of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and client centred occupational Therapist to join our team in Lewisham!
If you are looking for a dedicated OT role within an experienced Multi Disciplinary Team, and love working with people to address their complex occupational needs in a recovery focussed way, please apply for this role!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide an occupational therapy interventions to service users with complex needs within the neighbourhood as an integrated member the community mental health team addressing primary and secondary care needs. This will include specialist OT assessment, planning and intervention, which might include groupwork, to promote well being, recovery and empowering person centred practice. The Although this is a dedicated OT post. The post holder will be required to hold and integrate both the OT specific and generic elements of their job to include care planning and risk assessment. The post holder will participate in the development, delivery and evaluation of both the Occupational Therapy and MDT interventions and will work closely with colleagues in their team as well as OTs in each team across the borough.
As well as a community clinical lead OT and a team manager who provide close support and supervision. you will be working alongside other mental health practitioners such as peer support worker, support planner, and vocational specialists, as well as psychologists, doctors, nurses and social workers. the post holder will be responsible for supervising a band 5 OT also working in this team.
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has been transforming their services. In Lewisham this has meant the re design of mental health teams to be more accessible and responsive and incorporate a wider range of interventions. We are committed to developing and learning through the experiences of our service users and their families. We have an opportunity through the “Patient and Carer race Equality Framework”, as well as our “Aiming High, Changing Lives strategy” to build a culture of trust together and be a partner in Prevention, and are seeking to create opportunities to work together with our stakeholders more effectively.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To utilise a comprehensive set of skills to effectively communicate and engage with service users, their families and the MDT to formulate individuals' strengths and barriers within an Occupationally focused clinical framework.
- To work effectively and responsively as member of clinical team and implement core decisions with regard to service users care
- Work in partnership with other relevant agencies to ensure appropriate delivery of care plans including packages of care and social inclusion.
- To provide leadership and professional expertise in line with clinical experience
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- Membership of OT professional body and or special interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience as an OT at a Band 5 level in mental health.
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
- A sound understanding of team dynamics and ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures relevant to client group
- Experience of working with physical health and disability issues and advising on environmental adaptation
skills
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive verbal and written communication skills
- Skills in applying evidence based practice
- Extensive knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management
- Understanding of the importance of supporting service user involvement
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and first line management experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Farmer
- Job title
- Clinical Lead OT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07973218851
- Additional information
Leonie Down. head of OT Lewisham 07858686409
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