Job summary
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist- Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Are you interested in working in an inpatient rehabilitation setting, using your Occupational Therapy skills and expertise to help people with Complex Psychosis?
Suffolk rehabilitation and Recovery Service are committed to implementation of the VdT Model of Creative Ability and training is available if you are not familiar with model.
Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery service (SRRS) are looking to recruit a full time band 6 Occupational Therapist.
Working with the band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will provide assessment and interventions either 1-1 or group based and also help to link service users into local community resources.
The wider team is made up of a Clinical Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Doctors, Nurses and Rehabilitation workers. SRRS is a 10 bedded, mixed gender ward in Ipswich.
This is an exciting time for the recovery pathway, as it is expanded to include a new community rehab team that will work in collaboration with the inpatient team. Occupational therapy is central in the rehabilitation approach so you will benefit from having links with the OTs within the community team.
Main duties of the job
As Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for:
Assessment of Activities of Daily Living
Leading implementation of VdT Model Of Creative Ability (training is available)
Report writing
Occupational Formulation
Planning and carrying out interventions
Contributing to care planning and risk assessment
Oversee the process and implementation of service user meal preparation
Group facilitation
Promoting recovery approach within the wider MDT
Support discharge planning, working with community teams
Provide outreach visits where indicated as part of the discharge process
Helping to oversee the ward timetable and also taking a lead in creating individual weekly planners based on level of functioning and goals.
Attending reviews and professionals meetings
Establishing and maintaining links with community services
Supervision of band 5 OT
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the generic job description attached. This is an inpatient rehabilitation role, and will require supervision and development of a band 5 OT.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience in health care
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience working in an MDT
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a range of mental health settings
- Supervising students/staff
- Previous line management experience
- Familiarity of audit procedures
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Clinical supervisor qualification or willing to work towards
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post graduate training
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
- Ben Langley
- Job title
- Modern Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 322270
- Additional information
Additional Contact
Joe Spurling
01473322271
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