Occupational Therapist
Job overview
Job Overview
The post-holders will be responsible for the provision of occupational therapy within a Community Learning disability team to children and young people presenting with psychological distress and mental health difficulties.
The post-holders will need to be able to work in a range of settings, including clinic settings, home visits, residential settings, and schools as well as attending meetings at different sites. As such, the ability to travel across South Staffordshire is required. The impact of working in pandemic conditions has facilitated use of digital/remote working practices and this is likely to continue where it is of benefit.
The ideal candidates will be:
- Passionate about working with the children and young people seen in our CYP LD service
- Collaborative in their approach to working with children, young people, their families and networks
- Excited about the opportunity to contribute to service developments
- Keen to maximize what Occupational therapists can deliver whilst also working with, and recognizing the strengths of, the multi-disciplinary team
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
- To take responsibility for a clinical caseload of a variety of occupational needs in the area of Learning Disabilities in the South Staffordshire Children and Young Persons Community Learning Disability Team.
- To act as an autonomous practitioner within the team with access to clinical supervision on a regular basis. This will include caseload management and decisions on how to prioritise workload and will include children and young people with complex needs.
- To ensure that all assessments regarding mental capacity, best interests and risk assessments are completed.
- To carry out assessments including gathering complex information from children and young people, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This may include the use of specialist standardised and non-standardised assessment tools, verbal and non-verbal communication skills and observation of the individual and their environment. It may also involve carrying out assessments jointly with other professionals.
- To contribute to the overall care plan using effective Occupational Therapy treatment programmes and negotiate and communicate these with the children and young person, family, carers and other members of the treatment team. This will include the use of clinical reasoning and theoretical knowledge relevant to the specialism, analytical skills, and the use of verbal and non-verbal communication skills showing empathy appropriate to the needs of the situation.
Working for your organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Before applying for this exciting and challenging role, we encourage applicants to view and read the job and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Polly Mears
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
polly.mears@mpft.nhs.uk
Telephone number
03007907000
Person specification
Essential criteria
Maximum score 12
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC
- Member of professional body
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
Maximum score 20
- Knowledge of current agenda facing the NHS, profession and specialty
- Experience of working in a learning disability setting while on placement
- Experience of managing and prioritising a clinical caseload while on placement
- Contribute to delivering Clinical Governance driven OT service
- Demonstrate an understanding of purpose and value of supervision: clinical, professional and managerial.
- Have an awareness of local, regional and national influence on occupational therapy service delivery within this speciality