Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We want highly motivated, creative, and innovative
This is an opportunity for a passionate Occupational Therapist interested in directly shaping and developing mental health occupational therapy provision.
Currently based at Ward 12, Pilgrim Hospital but moving to a specifically designed purpose built new building in Boston, we work with adults of working age admitted to the inpatient acute ward for assessment and treatment. You will be managing the day to day running of occupational therapy provision for the ward including assessments and interventions, management, supervision and appraisal of support staff as well as taking an active role in preparing for the move into the new unit setting.
We welcome any questions or pre application conversations regarding the role, just get in touch.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Main duties of the job
As a valued team member, you will work with service users, carers, MDT and external services to promote patients’ independence, quality of life and well-being. The role sits within the wider occupational therapy across the acute service and provides regular opportunities for peer support as well as ongoing support from the Acute OT lead.
We support and embrace continuing practice development opportunities which recently included areas such as sensory modulation, cognitive screening and mindfulness. We use the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) with ample support for specific training and peer supervisions around it’s use.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Currently Occupational Therapist
- Mentorship Module (degree level)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Training in Cognitive disability model
- Training in AMPS
- Management training
- APPLE accreditation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of working with adults with complex needs or adults with mental health needs and skills that is transferable.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people with cognitive impairment. Substance misuse issues.
Special requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across the county in a timely and flexible manner
Desirable criteria
- Current Driving license
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Highly developed skills in occupational therapy assessment and treatment
- Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
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 McGrath
- Job title
- OT Lead - Inpatient Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07411 800352
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Welton House
Lime Kiln Way
Lincoln
LN2 4WH
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