Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational therapy - adult learning disability services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week (0900 - 1700)
- Job ref
- 346-NYL-007-24-A
- Employer
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Systems House
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Adult Learning Disability Community Team within York and Selby, based at Systems House in York
The multi-disciplinary team works alongside adults with learning disabilities and their families / care support to enhance all aspects of an individuals quality of life, promoting physical and mental health wellbeing at all times within a collaborative and person-centred model of care delivery.
We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy, and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with Adults with Learning Disabilities and support networks.
You will access support from the wider occupational therapy network in TEWV, and local adult learning disability occupational therapy in North Yorkshire, York, and Selby to deliver a high quality, needs-led OT service. Utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.
As an Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, always demonstrating adherence to the Trust values and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
- To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
- To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision
- To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
- To contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives
- To use the Trust electronic patient record system
- To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
- To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges
Working for our organisation
As an Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, always demonstrating adherence to the Trust values and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions supporting adults with learning disabilities which may include multiple additional needs including mental health diagnoses, complex physical health conditions and behaviours that challenge. Input is provided to individuals, their families and carers in their own homes and community settings.
All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.
The ability to engage and communicate with adults with learning disabilities as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.
Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.
You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.
There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
- Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Practice Placement Educator
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience presenting to groups
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional Code of Conduct and its application to practice
- Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice
- Legal aspects of Moving and Handling
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its use in practice
- Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
- Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
- Research and development methodology
- Understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
- Awareness of commonly used occupational therapy assessments used in mental health practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
- Good observational skills and ability to describe such observations verbally and in writing
- Record keeping and report writing
- Ability to relate therapeutically to the needs of the service user group
- Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Manage own caseload and prioritise effectively
- Delegate tasks appropriately
- Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
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
- Claire Packer
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01904 528300
- Additional information
Susanne Kohler
Lead Occupational Therapist, Learning Disability Services North Yorkshire
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Telephone : 01423 795190
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