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Job summary

Main area
Lewisham Operational Directorate
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
334-CLI-6043978-B
Employer
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD
Town
Deptford
Salary
£42,471 - £50,374 per annum incl. HCAs
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust logo

Primary Care Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Band 6

 

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives  in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology  to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. 

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to be part a new Primary Care Mental Health Team in Lewisham 

Main duties of the job

You will be amongst a Lewisham wide  team of Occupational Therapists and  together will be responsible for the delivery of a recovery focussed OT interventions which addresses the needs of patients accessing mental health services, within a stepped care model.

The role could includes professional development and integration to the PCMHT, which includes  case work , MDT formulation and assessment.  

 

 

 

Working for our organisation

About the location:

You will be based at Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

About the location:

You will be based at Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD, or at southbrook road where the neighbourhood 2 team also have their base

About the team

This  is an exciting development in Mental Health Service provision in Lewisham and an opportunity to work across the borough promoting the group programme and occupationally focussed interventions. The service aims to provide proactive, strength-based care for service users experiencing mental health problems in a primary care setting using a stepped care model.

The primary Care Mental Health Teams  provide care and support to service users who require a level of care above that available through general medical services, but do not require secondary care mental health intervention.

The team also support service users who have on-going, low support needs and those who are transitioning from secondary care mental health services to primary care services.

The Primary Mental Health Team incorporates roles in social prescribing and care navigation, drawing on the expertise of third sector partner providers. In addition to occupational therapists, the team comprises mental health advisors, peers support workers, nurses, social workers, consultant psychiatrist and  will be co located with MIND and IAPT psychological services and the service user network SUN.

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Occupational Therapist;
Desirable criteria
  • Post-graduate training relevant to Mental Health

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant clinical experience including individual and group work
  • Experience of advising and supporting /supervising junior staff and students
Desirable criteria
  • Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management
  • High level understanding of Mental Health disorders and treatment models
  • Applied knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental Health and Specialist practice where appropriate
  • Applied knowledge of the principles of CPA (Care Programme Approach)
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group
  • A sound understanding the dynamics of a team and have the ability to work effectively within that

Other

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to student supervision
  • Commitment to lifelong learning
Desirable criteria
  • Open to new ideas and awareness of general issues that might have relevance to service users involvement

Employer certification / accreditation badges

London Healthy workplaceCapital Nurse, LondonNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Leonie Down
Job title
Head of Occupational Therapy in Lewisham
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07858686409
Additional information

susan farmer

Clinical community OT lead 

[email protected]

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