Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full time
Job Title: Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to take on a clinical specialist role within the forensic therapies service in the South West London & St George's Mental Health Trust. We have a large and supportive therapies team consisting of Occupational therapists, clinical exercise therapists, activity support workers and technical instructors. The postholder will take a leadership role in working with patients with learning disabilities, developing, and embedding sensory integration strategies into the broader Occupational therapy offering within the service.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. To be responsible for the planning, development, and delivery of a specialist occupational therapy service focusing on sensory assessment/intervention/education and awareness for the service users within the forensic inpatient service.
  2. To support the therapies team to develop a greater consciousness of sensory practices, and support them to find ways to integrate sensory approaches into their work.
  3. To develop and maintain appropriate sensory spaces within the unit to meet the needs of the service users.
  4. To support the deputy head of therapies in providing professional leadership to colleagues within the forensic therapy team, modelling good practice.
  5. To support the delivery of OT packages for those with learning disabilities and/or sensory needs within the forensic services, working primarily on the LDA unit, though providing consultation to other forensic wards and the FIND team OT as required.
  6. To provide clinical supervision to Occupational therapists on the team, OT students on fieldwork placements, OT apprentices, and support staff.
  7. To take responsibility for oversight, efficient and effective management of the OT budget within the LD service.
Person Specification:
  • Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Masters degree in a subject relevant to clinical post or equivalence of knowledge and skills base attained through further training, short courses, relevant study.
  • Registration to practice in the UK (HPC registered)
  • Practice placement educators' course within one year of appointment
  • Evidence of post-registration training or experience relevant to learning disabilities and mental health practice
Knowledge and Skills:
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with service users who have multiple & complex needs and with other organisations and providers, requiring influence and negotiation skills.
  • Word processing, IT, and literature search skills
  • Proficient standard of written communication skills
  • Ability to promote & maintain the profile of OT within an MDT & the wider organisation
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style, for a variety of audiences.
  • Day to day management of students, providing specialist training to healthcare professionals
  • Commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access, and service user empowerment & ability to translate principles into practice
  • Ability to apply equal opportunities & anti-discriminatory interventions that respect the service users' customs, values & spiritual beliefs
Experience:
  • Experience of multi-professional collaboration at a senior level including partnership working with other statutory and voluntary organizations.
  • Experience of supervision and appraisal and addressing performance issues.
  • Experience of working in a range of mental health settings including with learning disabilities and/or forensic mental health.
  • Post-graduate clinical experience highly related to clinical field.
  • Experience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting.
  • Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development.
  • Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports.
Other:
  • Preparedness to work flexible hours through prior arrangement as the needs of the job dictate. (e.g. some evenings and weekends)

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