Clinical Occupational Therapist

The Band 6 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist (OT) post in the Forensic Community Service is split across Mariposa House, the Women's Forensic Hostel and the wider Forensic Community Service, working alongside the Band 7 OT and the MDT in delivering skilled, needs led, client centred, recovery focused OT assessment and intervention, both in groups and individually. The post focuses on rehabilitating service users in the community, developing and maintaining their daily living skills, enabling them to reach their potential in the areas of self care, leisure and work, whilst taking a client centred, risk managed approach. Main duties of the job Key Task and Responsibilities Provide OT specific assessment & interventions via groups & individual work related to self- care, work and leisure Work as a member of the multi-professional team To manage a clinical caseload To support the development of evidence-based OT practice To participate in research/audit activities To provide OT advice to the multi-professional team To work independently without direct supervision Supervise the work of junior staff including OT students on clinical placement Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans Provide OT assessment and interventions for the service user group Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT Service Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda Actively lead on promoting co-production and peer mentor work opportunities within the forensic community service and wider community. Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans, to support meaningful and risk managed engagement in the community About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We Listen We Care Job responsibilities Leadership To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance To undertake effective support, guidance, supervision and appraisal of junior staff To contribute to the induction, training, and education of students [both OT & other professions] and other staff in clinical area To regularly be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of OT students on fieldwork placement within the Trust To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF To be responsible for maintaining stock & advising on resources required to carry out the job. Job description Job responsibilities Leadership To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance To undertake effective support, guidance, supervision and appraisal of junior staff To contribute to the induction, training, and education of students [both OT & other professions] and other staff in clinical area To regularly be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of OT students on fieldwork placement within the Trust To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF To be responsible for maintaining stock & advising on resources required to carry out the job. Clinical To manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs To work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the multidisciplinary care plan, using specialist mental health & OT assessment tools & treatment techniques To work with service users in a variety of settings to provide the most effective assessment & interventions To plan and implement service users led individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals To ensure service users health, social, cultural, and spiritual needs are always considered Actively lead on promoting co-production and peer mentor work opportunities within the forensic community service and wider community. To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for offenders with a physical disability in addition to their mental health needs To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment to measure progress and identify outcomes To plan and deliver services within the Care Programme Approach framework To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on life skills to maximise functional ability To assess the occupational needs of service users and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment interventions To identify appropriate and inappropriate referrals and prioritise workload To manage effective discharge ensuring service users and all relevant agencies are given relevant information To contribute to and carry out risk assessment and risk management plans To work as part of the MDT and attend all relevant clinical meetings To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards To actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation To participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area To raise awareness of the OT service within own clinical area To participate in the development of the OT service within own clinical area To apply increasingly complex skills and knowledge to establish professional competence and fitness to practice as a Band 6 OT To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust To contribute to CPD through participation in internal and external training and other development opportunities To maintain and update a CPD portfolio To contribute to the teams clinical governance and quality agenda To ensure practice is evidence based To demonstrate understanding and application of national guidelines and legislation relating to mental health & social care provision Observe and apply Health and Safety regulations To always apply risk management procedures To promote and facilitate offender involvement in own clinical area Research To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply them to practice To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects Communication To communicate appropriately with service users and carers, team members, OT colleagues and other agencies To demonstrate effective communication skills with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason To communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methods of communication To promote an awareness of the OT role within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate Person Specification Experience Professional Occupational Therapy Registration At least one year experience as an Occupational Therapist in a clinical setting Experience of working in Forensic Mental Health Experience of working in a Community Mental Health Team Skills Occupational Therapy skills in a mental health setting Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention skills Experience of working as an Occupational Therapist with female service users in a rehabilitation setting Experience of lone working Planning and delivering an Occupational Therapy programme of activity (including groups) Experience of supervising volunteers with lived experience of forensic mental health Experience of having had Occupational Therapy students Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr