Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 367-UNPL-8201-A
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingfisher Court, Harper Lane, Radlett, WD7 9HQ
- Town
- Radlett
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata + 5% basic salary (min £1,192 to max £2,011)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
This is a newly funded position as part of the Enhanced Discharge Team (EDT). The role offers the opportunity to develop the Occupational Therapy role within the team, as part of the EDT, with the support of the inpatient occupational therapy team. The post holder will provide specialist clinical interventions and assessments as appropriate.
You will provide close liaison with other agencies, teams and carers to coordinate discharges from the Inpatient wards.
You will provide short term support to service users in relation to their discharge planning and recovery.
You will offer Occupational Therapy support, advice and input to people and staff across the acute inpatient wards in Hertfordshire.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the newly established Enhanced Discharge Team to ensure safe and effective discharges from our inpatient mental health services.
To assess and provide appropriate occupational interventions on discharge, and to provide a seamless service in continuing the OT work initiated on the inpatient setting to ensure supported discharges.
To work in partnership with the Inpatient Housing and accommodation worker providing solutions using the Support Time and Recovery Model
To work across the Adult Acute Inpatient wards in Hertfordshire.
To work closely with the inpatient occupational therapists and other staff, CRHT team, bed management team, the housing worker, Health and Social Care Teams, Bed Placement, Care Coordinators and carers to enable barriers to discharge are identified and resolved in a time frame that meets the patient's needs.
A sound working knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and it's application to practice is essential. There are regular opportunities to network with other OT's in the Trust to share ideas and good practice. We also provide a monthly CPD training event and there are opportunities to apply for external courses.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
-To assist the Inpatient team to work on barriers for discharge to ensure that Inpatients can be discharged according to their recovery and wellbeing.
-To liaise closely with other agencies to ensure that all plans are in place for a planned discharge.
-To liaise and work in close co-operation with the Team Leader, other mental health professionals, and voluntary and private sector agencies.
-To have a comprehensive understanding and implementation of the referral pathways for HPFT services and those available from other agencies and providers.
-To work closely with the bed management team and the inpatient occupational therapy team to support the discharge of patients who are delayed transfers of care.
-To be able to respond in a creative, pro-active and flexible way to urgent situations, using local protocols in order to support discharge plans.
-To manage a caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate
- To regularly support staff to supervise OT students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Fieldwork Educator’s course.
- To apply in depth knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and other standardised assessment approaches relevant to the clinical setting.
For a more in-depth Job and Person specification please read the attached before applying
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of clinical post registration training
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
- Practice Placement qualification/APPLE accreditation
Desirable criteria
- Membership of RCOT, including specialist section
- First line management training
- Solution Focussed Brief Therapy training
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
- AMPS/ESI/SI training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in acute mental health
- Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
- Highly Specialist knowledge and experience of using and applying the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area
- Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Finch
- Job title
- Occupational Therapy Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07798 623534
- Additional information
Agather Sifolongwane
01923 633 809
Services Manager Integrated Flow Service
If you have any questions , or if you are interested in the established Return to Work scheme, please do contact Caroline Finch 07798 623 534
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