Job summary
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
At the Julian Hospital we have five older persons inpatient wards, both organic and functional. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our MDT and support patients in their recovery from their acute distress.
At the Julian hospital we value the knowledge and expertise of OT colleagues in the assessment and treatment of patients with acute illness and recognise the pivotal role that they play in supporting safe discharges from our wards. All the Occupational Therapists are assigned to one ward to be their primary place of work but here at the Julian we work as part of the wider Allied Health Professionals (AHP) team giving all the Therapists the unique opportunity to work across all the inpatient areas. The AHP roles on the Julian site sit under both the ward management and the AHP clinical lead which gives the benefit of being fully incorporated into the ward teams, whilst also working closely together with the AHP team. Management supervision will be under the Band 6 Occupational Therapist but annual appraisals will be completed alongside ward management.
At the Julian hospital we have great links between AHP colleagues across professions and throughout the care group and we have an AHP lead who is available to provide leadership and support with AHP specific matters and encourage your involvement with AHP specific service development projects.
Main duties of the job
- To oversee and deliver high quality evidence-based practice and embed the Occupational Therapy process within the clinical area.
- Undertake occupation focused assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of interventions for service users.
- To support in the assessment and discharge planning of patients. This includes equipment provision within the community setting.
- Contribute to and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment and formulation. Providing specialist occupation-based advice and formulation.
- Be a practice educator for students.
- Participate/lead on developments within the service by using outcome measures and engaging in Quality Improvement projects (both locally and Trust wide).
- Provide supervision and leadership to our junior therapy staff, identifying any learning and development needs in respect of their clinical skills base.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
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Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work both independently and under supervision
Desirable criteria
- Supervising students/staff
- Experience working in a range of mental health settings.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to deliver OT assessment and treatment with designated client group
- Ability to work under pressure managing own caseload and effective prioritisation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist Knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy Assessments and interventions relevant to this client group
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of current legislation including risk assessment and CPA.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/MSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with The Health and Care Professionals Council
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
- Alex Kemp
- Job title
- AHP Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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