Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Job summary
The Wiltshire area of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) is seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to work within a mental health inpatient ward setting, predominantly on rehab ward with opportunities to support acute and community services. To follow OT process of assessment, intervention and evaluation to effectively identify and address occupational performance needs affected experienced by our client group.

This opportunity will allow you to utilise your skills as a holistic, autonomous practitioner while also having the support from the multi- professional team and wider Occupational Therapy team. Within this post you will have opportunities to work with other qualified Occupational Therapists. Your Occupational Therapy input will involve a combination of individual specialist assessments and group work.

The post holder will require excellent and adaptable communication skills and require a level of sensitivity and flexibility. You are required to manage a complex caseload and be able to prioritise effectively to meet the demands of the service.

The post holder will be required to provide regular supervision and training to rotational Band 5 OTs and support staff.

Within the trust there are excellent training opportunities and CPD development and you will be provided with regular supervision within Trust guidance.

Main duties of the job
You will be providing Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions alongside the wider MDT to provide patient centred care.

You will have a wide variety of skills and be able to adapt to the needs of service users.

About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice:
To provide high quality, evidence based occupational therapy assessments & interventions, treatment planning and continued patient-centred care. We aim to enable service users to achieve their maximum level of function and independence in preparation for discharge.

This will include:

• Undertaking comprehensive, person-centred OT assessment and interventions.
• Preparing and implementing treatment plans and rehab programmes in consultation with the service users.
• Reviewing the effectiveness of therapy provided in partnership with service users.
• Ability to implement research based practice.
• Provide leadership and guidance to registered and non-registered staff and students.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for individual service users, groups and a variety of activities.
• Have an understanding of the relevant mental health legislation and be able within practice.
• To be able to provide advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service users social and physical environment.

Communications and Working Relationships

• Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with a client group that can be challenging due to their mental health issues, eg dementia or acute psychosis.
• Establish and maintain effective exchange of clinical information between relevant parties that may include MDT, carers, families, partner organisations or voluntary third section organisation.
• To be responsible for communicating sensitive or complex information concerning service users to family and others involved in their care.
• Provide professional advice and consultancy to the team manager, Multi professional team members, carers and other services.
• Be aware of Trust developments through the use of intranet and e-mail.

Education and Health Promotion

• To use skills, knowledge and resources to provide learning opportunities for staff and promote positive attitudes towards mental health.

Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential

• OT qualification
• HCPC Registered
• Experience working as an OT in NHS setting
• Supported students and unregistered staff
• Experience of MDT working

Desirable

• Experience working in Mental Health
• Knowledge of MOHOST
• Knowledge of ACLS-6
• Completed access and home visits
• Experience working on mental health rehab settings

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).