Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 232-SPL-6230337
- Employer
- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broom Street
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
A Band 5 Occupational Therapist vacancy has arisen within our Learning Disability Community Services. This is a full time, 37.5 hours per week, permanent post (Flexible working will be considered).
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated OT, preferably with a background or previous experience in learning disabilities to join our busy and dynamics MDT team.
The service covers the geographical area of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire.
The service operates from 9-5, Monday–Friday.
The team is large and well established with a range of experienced and specialist OTs. The wider MDT team is dynamic innovative, and the post holder will enjoy close working with the Inpatient Assessments and Treatment Service and Intensive Support Team.
Advocacy, Enablement and Empowerment is the focus of our work. This will be an excellent development role for anyone who enjoys a variety of work where each day brings satisfaction and new challenges.
Main duties of the job
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust aims to provide accessible, non-stigmatising local services that contribute to the assessment, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation and enablement of our service users, which promotes the prevention, early detection and treatment of health related issues. The Trust is wholly committed to the use of Person Centred Planning approaches and affording service user’s opportunities to maximize full citizenship, choice and control. The Occupational Therapist has a lead role in promoting, enhancing and maintaining the health and wellbeing of service users, within a defined caseload consistent with high quality evidence based practice.
The post holder will:
- Be a member of the Community Learning Disability Health Team, demonstrating the ability to make decisions and influence the development of services, and work with clients in a variety of health / community settings.
- Participate in the development of an evolving learning disability service.
- Participate in the development and provision of the learning disability Occupational Therapy role in North Staffordshire.
- To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team, and contributing to relevant projects.
Working for our organisation
The Trust’s vision is ‘To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.’ The Trust supports you by offering a flexible working pattern including blended and agile working.
As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust’s Values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Establish and sustain links with primary care settings and non-statutory agencies facilitating access to universal services for adults with learning disabilities.
Where appropriate contribute to assessments of adults with learning disabilities eligible for Continuing Healthcare funding using the Decision Support Tool and contribute to the coordination of support packages ensuring person centeredness, high quality standards and value for money to meet the desired clinical outcomes.
Demonstrate the ability to asses plan and provide a strategy for supporting clients with mental health needs in addition to their learning disability, including the adoption of assessments through collaborative working, embracing the process of the Care Programme Approach, (CPA).
Work face to face with individuals who might display physical aggression and who are in psychological distress.
Deliver services in a sensitive, respectful and person centred way adapting systems of communication to meet service user’s cognitive ability.
Keep abreast of developments in current best practice, trends, issues and research in learning disabilities and related topics in line with the divisional business plan, and national occupational therapy practice within services for people with a learning disability.
To take responsibility for own Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and facilitate and encourage CPD for those staff for whom they are responsible.
Maintain up to date and accurate individual client records in line with Trust policy and the procedures of the Community Learning Disability Health Team using the agreed IT systems to produce high quality reports as appropriate and to maintain the highest standard of care.
To ensure that all policies, procedures and guidelines are followed, reporting any deviations to senior staff.
Ensure that there is efficient transfer of clients between team members and/or other services in accordance with Trust policy.
To set professional standards of care and to monitor measure and audit the effectiveness of services provided.
To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post as directed by the relevant managers and as identified as service priority.
To comply with the College of Occupational Therapist’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists and local policies and procedures.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification – Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy. Hold Health and Care Professional Standards of Proficiency for Occupational Therapists (HCPC) Registration.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in clinical practice either as an Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapy Technician or Trainee Occupational Therapist.
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
- Sarah Mountford
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 123 1152
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