Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Mental Health/Psychiatric Intensive Care
- Grade
- Band 6, or Band 5-6 Development, depending on experience
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-A&UC-9402
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingfisher Court (Radlett) and Aston (Stevenage)/Albany Lodge (St Albans)
- Town
- Radlett and Stevenage/ St Albans
- Salary
- £31,469 - £47,084 per annum pro rata (5% fringe HCAS included)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist - Band 6, or Band 5-6 Development
Band 6, or Band 5-6 Development, depending on experience
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
We are looking for two enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapists to join our acute mental health teams in St Albans/Stevenage & Radlett.
The first post is based between Albany Lodge in St Albans and Aston Ward in Stevenage and the second at Kingfisher Court in Radlett, a £42 million facility providing specialist inpatient mental health care, including Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU).
In both roles, the postholder will provide occupational therapy expertise within the multi-disciplinary team, including specialist assessment, individual, and group work intervention. They will have a leadership & supervisory role in the OT team. The teams consist of occupational therapists, a physiotherapist, arts therapists, a horticulturalist, psychologists as well as a full MDT.
There are regular opportunities to network with other OTs to share ideas and good practice. We also provide a monthly CPD training event and there are opportunities to apply for external courses.
Dependent on the successful candidate's experience, this post will either commence as a Band 6 post, or as a Band 5-6 Development post. Robust supervision from the Band 7 and 8 OTs with growth opportunities will support the post-holder to transition successfully from a Band 5 to a Band 6 level using a bespoke training package and competency framework. Ideally individuals will make the transition to Band 6 within six months of starting in post however this will be assessed on an individual basis.
Main duties of the job
- · To manage a caseload of clients with complex OT needs, using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
- To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal
- To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate.
- To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement
- To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for clients with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
In return, we can offer you:
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (not applicable in Stevenage)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Flexible working
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
- Employee Assistance Programme
Previous experience of working in acute mental health is essential for these roles.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
- To work using a problem-solving approach to reduce risk at home.
- To work with clients to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan.
- To plan and implement individual interventions, in collaboration with the client, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the client’s physical and social environment.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for clients with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
- To review and reflect on personal practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.
- To coordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff where applicable.
- To demonstrate basic leadership skills through the management of designated projects.
- To participate in the induction, training and education of students and other staff in this setting as appropriate.
- To participate in the supervision of junior staff as appropriate
- To monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention and feedback to appropriate forum.
For a more detailed description, please see attached JD and PS.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/MSc/PGDip Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Proficient use of MS Office and associated packages
- Experience of working in a mental health/PICU setting
Desirable criteria
- Membership of RCOT
- Training in the use of the Model of Human Occupation
- Training in the use of other OT models such as VdTMOCA
- Sensory Integration Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Application of the OT process, use of functional assessment and activity analysis
- Working knowledge of Recovery principles
- Working knowledge of standardised assessment and outcome measures relevant to role
- Experience of a leadership or supervisory role
Desirable criteria
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of leading a range of groups and 1:1 interventions in a health or social care setting
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
- Emily Boyce
- Job title
- Professional Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816117459
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