Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Are you seeking a new and exciting opportunity to develop the Occupational Therapy role within community based Adult Mental Health services? Come and join one of our friendly, cohesive and supportive teams in the Mid & North Hampshire Division.

Due to service redesign within community mental health teams, we have an opportunity for experienced Occupational Therapists to join our CMHTs across the Mid and North Division. This is an exceptional and exciting opportunity to be able to develop the role and work closely with colleagues within a multi-disciplinary team providing expert assessment, guidance, advice, and recommendation resulting in a genuinely holistic Occupational Therapy role being a key part of one of the established friendly and supportive teams. A key part of the role will include reablement with our patient's.

We are looking for motivated and compassionate Occupational Therapists to help us shape the development of these roles which will encompass a specific OT caseload alongside a small Care Co-ordination role. There are 4 CMHTs across the Mid and North Division; Andover, Winchester and two teams in Basingstoke. Your responsibilities will include supporting the service to optimise admission into the CMHT pathway, exploring any concerns with functioning within and outside of the home environment. This will include functional assessments to support funding applications, goal focused work, groups, 1:1 work and care co-ordination.

Main duties of the job

To provide occupational therapy interventions for referred clients using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. This could include group work (supporting shared care/duty) and 1:1 intervention.

To complete OT functional assessments and support completion of funding applications.

To hold a small Care Co-ordinator caseload alongside a focused Occupational Therapy caseload (see job plan attached to advert).

To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within the clinical area supporting best practice within the MDT eg. care planning..

To regularly supervise OT students and provide education and upskilling to community support workers..

You will work as an active member of the wider division, taking lead responsibility for a key project/ subject matter.

You will be required to prioritise attendance at all training, attend supervision and apply reflective practice continuously to enable learning needs to be identified and met.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy Registration with HCPC Post graduate level study/training Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools- MOHO, VdT MoCA, COPM

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