Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy - Mental Health Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 376-NLTT-0134
- Employer
- Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Oaks
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/06/2025
Employer heading
Consultant Occupational Therapist
Band 8b
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join a new mental health community rehabilitation service for people living in North Lincolnshire and we are looking for enthusiastic and innovative professionals to help us embed this new 7-day service. The service will enable people to receive an intensive community rehabilitation service closer to home in their own community. We are transforming with the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) for Mental Health at the heart of our innovations.
The community rehabilitation service will consist of a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency workforce, working collaboratively between Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) and North Lincolnshire Council to share skills and specialisms to support individuals and improve their quality of life.
The team will be led by a team manager and has dedicated administrative support.
RDaSH is committed to the ongoing development of our colleagues and offers half a day each month CPD for everyone in the organisation through our 'half day learning' scheme. This role would be expected to deliver some half day learning sessions to support other colleagues in their understanding of this specialism.
Main duties of the job
This role is for a Consultant Occupational Therapist in the North Lincolnshire Mental Health Rehabilitation Team. This role will primarily be clinical working with a caseload of complex individuals and supervising other members of staff. The main roles of this job are:
• To improve the lives of people with a mental health need in North Lincolnshire by providing assessments and interventions which adhere to the multi professional consultant level practice capability and impact framework.
• The majority of time will be focussed clinically as per the expert practice pillar of the framework
• This role will be part of a 7 day service and as such will require the post holder to work some weekend days on a pre-agreed rota basis.
Expert Practice
• A significant proportion of time will be focussed clinically
• To clinically lead the Mental Health Rehabilitation service and be clinically responsible as appropriate for the service and pathway
• To work as an autonomous practitioner maintaining a defined caseload; holding a complex patient focused caseload, dependent upon appropriate areas of interest pertinent to service needs and priorities.
• To model/ lead on partnership working with other agencies as appropriate, including Social Services, User/carer representative groups and voluntary agencies at local, regional, and national levels.
Working for our organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Registration with Health and Care Professions Council.
- Practice Placement Educator Qualification
- Advanced training in the theory and practice relevant to the specialist field, to at least level 7 (Masters degree) with a commitment to achieving level 8 (Doctorate) qualification
Desirable criteria
- Doctorate (Level 8) qualification in a related subject field.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical supervision skills to supervise and support the work of other health and care professionals in a specialist area.
- Extensive demonstrable clinical skills including individual and group work commensurate with consultant level practice.
- Extensive formulation skills in the field of mental health.
- Ability to be clinically responsible for a service and hold responsibility for a service caseload.
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities and effectively direct others work.
- Ability to build effective multidisciplinary/agency working relationships.
- Problem solving abilities.
- Leadership skills
- Presentation skills.
- Training and facilitation skills.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate demonstrable post registration clinical experience with demonstrable experience at senior level in mental health services for adults.
- Appropriate demonstrable post registration experience of supervisory responsibility for staff.
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of research and audit procedures in line with consultant level practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of a range of mental health settings
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- To abide by Royal College of Occupational Therapists Code of Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional body.
- Membership of RCOT Specialist Section.
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
- Jon Rouston
- Job title
- Chief Allied Health Professional
- Email address
- [email protected]
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