Occupational Therapist

Job overviewAre you an Occupational Therapist committed to working in mental health and keen to use your professional skills to support individuals’ recovery?Are you interested in being involved in service innovation and part of bringing change to local mental health delivery?Cotswold House is a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit based at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford, offering 14 inpatient beds and six day patients. We are looking for a qualified Occupational Therapist who is registered with HCPC to join our diverse, innovative and passionate multidisciplinary team on a full time basis.With a reputation for excellence, our service provides a stepped-care model of care tailored to the individual’s needs for stabilisation and recovery.Our service has a whole-team Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-ED) approach. We offer a range of CBT-ED programmes and evidence-based treatments to assist a patient’s return to independent living, including work, training, or study. You can draw upon your skills/models of formulating patient assessments and outcomes, as appropriate to the patient’s individualised formulation. Further training and CPD opportunities are available, such as PEACE Pathway, Masters Pathway, CBT-E Skills training and DBT Skills training to the successful applicant.Main duties of the jobTo develop and provide a high standard of assessment and treatment for patients referred to the service.To take responsibility for an agreed clinical caseload, involving care co‑ordination as appropriate.To collaboratively assess and provide needs‑based treatment programmes and discharge plans for patients which compliment the overall provision of service.To develop and maintain relevant therapeutic activities as appropriate to the patient group served, including opportunities for cognitive, creative, education, work, leisure, interpersonal and life skills, wherever possible to ensure these interventions are evidence based.In consultation with users, carers and clinical teams to plan and provide appropriate therapy services for patients referred, within defined resources and using evidence-based practice.To act as a role model and coach to staff within the service and across multidisciplinary teams, students, patients and carers to ensure best practice is maintained.We know that many roles for Occupational Therapists working in mental health do not provide the ability to draw on these core occupational therapy skills. We are keen to support Occupational Therapists who want to step into roles that use their profession specific skills, alongside their mental health practitioner skills. If you are interested but unconfident about this step or want to know more to know if this is the role for you, then please get in touch.Working for our organisationOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”.Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:Excellent opportunities for career progressionAccess to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceNHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailersCompetitive pension schemeLease car schemeCycle to work schemeEmployee Assistance ProgrammeMental Health First AidersStaff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion teamDetailed job description and main responsibilitiesWe hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.Person specificationQualifications and trainingEssential criteriaProfessional Qualification in Occupational Therapy (Degree or equivalent).HCPC registrationEvidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio.Desirable criteriaAPPLE or equivalent student placement trainingSensory trainingTrained in use of specific models/assessment relevant to the roleExperienceEssential criteriaSubstantial post qualification experience.Experience of working with the mental health service users in a variety of settings.Experience working with a range of standardised and non-standardised OT assessmentsSupervision of O.T. students and other professionals.Staff appraisal & development work.Desirable criteriaService development work.Groupwork experienceExperience of undertaking audit work/using outcome measuresKnowledge/Skills RequirementsEssential criteriaWorking knowledge of Adult Eating Disorder or Adult Mental Health in‑patient or community services.Experience of caseload management / complex conditions & cases.Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment.Use of standardised Occupational Therapy assessment and outcome measures.Understanding experience of risk assessment and management.Desirable criteriaKnowledge/experience to working with patients with neuro diversity / awareness of reasonable adjustments.Experience initiating and leading service improvement projects and audit.Awareness of National and local issues concerning this client group.Documents to DownloadJD/PS (PDF, 360.4KB)Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Lara FreemanTitle: AHP Lead for mental healthEmail: lara.freeman@oxfordhealth.nhs.ukTelephone: 07385 427558 #J-18808-Ljbffr