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Sensory Lead for Mental Health Inpatient Services 
Full time: 37.5 hours per week 
Base: Radbourne Unit, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby 

A unique role has been created within our Making Room For Dignity Program to lead in enabling the Derbyshire mental health inpatient environments to be sensory friendly and utilise the newly established sensory environments optimally.  The role will involve managing and utilising a budget to; support the co-design and engagement, implement adaptions to the environments and produce training materials.  Such person will be responsible for and training of staff in the safe use of specialist equipment required and take the responsibility of safe assessing, prescription and ordering specialist equipment. 

So now let’s talk about you…

1.    Are you a registered Occupational Therapist or Speech and Language Therapist? 
2.    Are you educated to degree level or hold demonstrable equivalent experience?
3.    Do you have a postgraduate certificate, diploma or master's degree in Sensory Integration?
4.    Do you have a proven track record in service user and carer engagement and involvement in service development?
5.    Do you hold have exceptional leadership skills and proven ability to motivate others? 
6.    Do you have a proven track record in working across systems and with partners to deliver improved services?
7.   Are you able to travel to locations across Derbyshire as required?  

If so,  please submit your application via this advert.
 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

•    Demonstrate clinical professional knowledge and experience at an advanced senior level of this area of expertise.
•    Demonstrate experience and ability to apply supervisor role and application of the Trust supervision strategy.
•    Ability to use Quality Improvement, Research and Clinical Audit to improve practice.
•    Demonstrate awareness and knowledge of wider patient experience agenda.
•    Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the Quality Improvement agenda.
•    Demonstrate evidence of leading clinical strategic change initiatives.
•    Evidence of previous/current advanced clinical practice within Sensory Integration demonstrating the application and evaluation of evidence-based interventions.
•    Detailed knowledge of the relevant legislation and clinical risk management/patient safety planning.
•    Demonstrate leadership and influencing skills.
•    Ability to inspire confidence within teams, multi-professional groups, and individual professionals and in a multi-disciplinary environment.
•    To have an awareness of Positive Behavioural Support Plans and Safe & wellness plan and how a person’s sensory needs impact behaviour. 
•    Experience of working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team in the to establish the function of a person’s behaviour and their care needs.
•    Practical experience of using sensory integration approaches in clinical practice.
•    Demonstrate understanding of a trauma-based approach to care and good safeguarding principles .

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission; we have achieved this by providing high quality patient care, within an inclusive organisation that works together and shows care and compassion for each other.

Here are just some of the benefits of working for DHCFT:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing development
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ Network, Disability and Wellness Group, BME Staff Support Network, Armed Forces Network, Women's Network, Multi-Faith Forum and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

As an employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DHCFT Way outlined on our website and in the additional information provided.