Specialist Occupational Therapist
6 days ago
Job summary
Adult Community Learning Disabilities - Bromley
hours per week
Are you looking for a role that focusses on our core professional skills - occupation, functional analysis? This might be the post for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work as part of the Bromley Adult Learning Disabilities Team. The post is based at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and provides a service across the Borough of Bromley.
The post requires a person with excellent skills in partnership working; delivering occupation focussed assessment and interventions; clinical reasoning, the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, clearly communicate the occupational therapy role and work to others. The post holder's work will include elements from each of the four pillars of practice with the emphasis for each pillar identified within the job description.
The services within the Adult Learning Disability Directorate focus on improving health, well-being and health outcomes. There is a strong commitment to reducing health inequalities and poorer health outcomes for people with learning disabilities.
Professional support and supervision for the post will be provided from the Band 7 OT leading the Bromley team.
As a directorate we fully support undergraduate OT training programmes and accept students on practice placements as part of the London wide Fair Share model.
Main duties of the job
To manage a specialist clinical caseload, working independently and without direct supervision. To provide occupation focussed assessment and intervention(s). To ensure clinical safety through contribution to and carrying out risk assessments, risk management plans, crisis plans and care plans. To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards. To supervise the work of support workers, band 5 occupational therapists and occupational therapy students on practice placement as required. To participate in service development and research/ audit activities. To work as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team providing specialist occupational therapy advice.
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 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're Fair We Listen We Care Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information relating to this role.
Person Specification
HCPC registration
Essential
HCPC registration Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
Desirable
Evidence of CPD
Knowledge
Essential
Demonstrate understanding of assessing and delivery of Occupational Therapy Knowledge of current Occupational Therapy literature, frames of reference and models of intervention Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions relevant to Adult Learning Disabilities
Desirable
Applying and interpreting standardised Occupational Therapy assessments Advice & support of junior staff and/or students
Skills
Essential
Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. Knowledge of standardised assessments and outcome measures used in Adult Learning Disability services.
Desirable
Presentation and training skills.-
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