Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm)
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7084108
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South East Living Well Centre
- Town
- Stockwell
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
You will be providing occupational therapy leadership to the wider Living Well Centre and the occupational therapist within a multidisciplinary community mental health team called the South East focused support team. You will be working collaboratively with a caseload of service users, to assess, plan, implement and evaluate occupational therapy interventions. You will be providing occupational therapy leadership for students and/or junior staff, through supervision and supporting their appraisals. You will be participating in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) services, holding responsibility for defined projects.
Main duties of the job
You will be selecting and applying occupational therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the client in areas of self-maintenance, productivity (particularly paid employment) and leisure.
You will be working collaboratively with service users and carers to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan. You will be supporting individuals as well and family, friends and carers to navigate local resources to improve their movement away from secondary care services as much as possible and a fulfilling life.
You will plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user, their family and friends and supporters and colleagues from across the Lambeth Alliance as well as the wider health and community networks.
Working for our organisation
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways into Band 7 occupational therapy positions within the Trust and wider South London Partnership, NHS team leader and management opportunities as well as opportunities to diversify into other specialisms. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in occupational therapy, a variety of social and vocational interventions, mental and physical health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You need to have an understanding / working knowledge of the importance of service user involvement.
You need to understand the occupational therapy professional code of conduct.
You need to be currently registered with the HCPC as an Occupational Therapist.
You need to have experience of working with people with mental health issues.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience.
We welcome applications from people with links to the local area.
We advocate strongly for a culture which values, respects and celebrates diversity. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage LGBTQ+, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and value the positive impact and difference this will have on our teams and the organisation as a whole.
You need to have specialist knowledge to apply occupational therapy assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to the people we serve.
You need to have the ability to manage own workload / to work autonomously and determine priorities.
You need to have a willingness and ability to work flexibly.
You should have a commitment to student and staff supervision.
You should have a commitment to lifelong learning.
You need to be open to new ideas and have awareness of general issues that might have relevance to service users involvement.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Occupational Therapist
- Post registration experience as an occupational therapist
- Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising junior staff and students
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience as an OT
- Working in groups / Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
- Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)
Desirable criteria
- Practice Placement Educators course
- Experience of working in an inner-city, multi-cultural environment
- Experience of working with people with challenging behaviours
Knowledge ad Skills
Essential criteria
- Broad / high level understanding of Mental Health disorders and treatment models
- Sound / detailed knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental Health
- Applied / extensive knowledge of the principles of risk management and risk assessment
- Understanding of OT professional code of conduct and OT core skills and their application in practice
Desirable criteria
- Training and facilitation skills
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
- Lee Roach
- Job title
- Head Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07421505882
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