Job overview

The post is situated at Rampton Hospital, part of the Forensic Division within the Trust, one of three High Secure Hospitals in England.

We are the only Hospital in the country to provide High Secure care to patients who are women, who are deaf or who have Learning Disabilities, alongside our Mental Health and Personality Disorder treatment pathways.

We are looking to recruit  a Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant who will be working predominantly to support Occupational Therapists in meeting the needs of patients. The position will be based in one of the four Day Units under management of Therapies and Education Service. The successful candidate will work closely with the Occupational therapists as well as the rest of the Day Unit staff, ward staff as well as Therapies and Education Service staff to engage patients in meaningful occupation based on assessment compiled by the Occupational Therapist and the identified needs of the individual patient.  These posts play an important part to support clinical staff in providing a program of therapeutic interventions for patients across the service.

The post holder will work with patients who are at risk to themselves and others and require treatment in a high secure setting. The post holder will supervise, instruct and support patients in activities relating to their treatment programmes both within the unit and on the wards and within the workshops listed above.

Main duties of the job

•  Contribute to and assist in delivery of a needs led Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment programme based on individual patient’s required needs. 
• Contribute to daily functioning of the designated area of work. Be actively involved in the treatment of individual patients. Working with Occupational Therapists and Technical Instructors to ensure full packages of care are delivered.
• Successfully time manage and prioritise areas of responsibility.
• Attend relevant departmental and wider meetings as required and appropriate.
• Communicate effectively within own service and with other colleagues.
• Accurately record statistical information.
• With support, keep accurate, appropriate and contemporaneous patient records in accordance with the Forensic Information Governance Group and Trust Policy.
• Provide verbal feedback about patient progress to appropriate colleagues.
• Undertake administrative tasks as required by the service and the Directorate.
• Contributes to ensuring that resources are available within the department to delivery the planned therapeutic activities.
• Working with other Technical Instructors and Occupational Therapists to ensure full packages of care are delivered.
• Successfully time manage and prioritise areas of responsibility.
• The post holder will be required to undertake other duties or tasks as required as consistent with the job role and grade. This could include supporting ward staff in the day to day running of the ward.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.