Occupational Therapist

1 month ago

Dartford, United Kingdom Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has come available to join the Occupational Therapy team at the Allington Centre at Dartford within the Forensic Directorate.

Main duties of the job

To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.

To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.

To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To adhere to and apply the current Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct of Occupational Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists.

To be responsible for maintaining professional registration.

To support the implementation of the current and future Allied Health Professions (AHP) strategy

To adhere to KMPTs policies, procedures and guidelines. To ensure that the Trusts values are upheld in Occupational Therapy practice.

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.

To take into account the individuality of the views, wishes, values and beliefs of service users, and relatives, respecting equality and diversity and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

To effectively liaise with service users, family, carers, advocates and health and social care professionals regarding service users assessment, treatment and care to ensure continuity of care and delivery of a coordinated service as a member of the MDT

To ensure all communication adheres to Trust policy and Caldicott / data protection principles.

To assess capacity and obtain informed consent from service users and work within a legal framework with those service users who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

To ensure service users are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.

In conjunction with colleagues to undertake, record, review and work within individual risk assessment and management plans in line with service and Trust policy.

In conjunction with others to identify service users needs for additional care provision / housing/specialist placement/further assessment /referral on to other agencies as required.

Person Specification

Applicant form

Essential

Professional Occupational Therapist Qualification Pre-registration Experience of working with patients with a mental health conditions and / or autism Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

Experience of working with patients within forensic setting Experience of managing their own case load

application form

Essential

Experience of working within NHS

Desirable

Membership to relevant professional body or interest group Experience of supporting students or supervising junior staff

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group. Basic factual knowledge of the importance of enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them in being well in life. Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice An ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources

Desirable

Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.

Personal qualities, values and behaviours

Essential

Ability to work as a team member Ability to form rapport with individuals and groups Adaptability, flexibility and resilience

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