Band 7 Occupational Therapist

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the team at one of the trusts in East England, to provide an innovative and forward-thinking service and continue to develop and improve the unique Personality Disorder Service. The trust aims to provide a therapeutic environment offering planned care and treatment focusing on Psychosocial Interventions, DBT skills, and individual Recovery Plans. The Trust only works on Direct Engagement Mode of payment.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will deliver specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions including supporting access to vocational rehabilitation, occupation focused group work, sensory strategies, re-ablement work, functional assessments, and vocation focused intervention. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing operational management for in-reach occupational therapy service.
• Providing specialist advice and operational support (including recruitment) around the ward-based occupational therapy role development.
• Applying an expert level of understanding of occupation to the development of the ward based occupational therapy roles.
• Promoting meaningful occupation within all aspects of ward routine and service delivery to support recovery, resilience & self-management.
• Developing a refreshed occupational therapy pathway within in-patient areas, harnessing new ways of working for occupational therapists.
• Providing professional leadership for the in-reach & ward based occupational therapy services, ensuring that high quality practice is delivered that produces meaningful and demonstrable outcomes, based on best evidence.
• Contributing to setting quality standards and delivering an evaluation of the ward-based occupational therapy roles.
• Providing leadership for occupational therapy staff within in-patient areas, and being a positive role model around new ways of working and professional relationships.
• Recognizing the value in the full range of professional perspectives, and integrating these perspectives into own and others practice.
• Working in partnership with nursing leadership, based on the principles of collective & collaborative leadership, to strengthen the multi-disciplinary ethos within in-patient areas.
• Providing specialist occupational therapy assessments, advice and interventions using advanced, clinical reasoning skills.
• Working as an autonomous practitioner.
• Keeping the person receiving services at the Centre of care, using shared decision-making principles.
• Providing specialist advice to professionals and managers, including in relation to professional governance.
• Providing leadership to ward based occupational therapy staff to support the development of their generic and specialist skills, in keeping with professional & regulatory standards.
• Providing support and education to non-registered staff and students.
• Providing a high standard of occupational therapy within in-patient services.
• Promoting the expansion of occupational therapy roles and perspectives and raising awareness of the relationship between occupation and health, demonstrating value for money and the avoidance/reduction of in-patient care (based on recovery principles) where possible.

Requirements:

• HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
• Relevant post graduate clinical experience in relevant settings.
• Experience of working with adults with a personality disorder.
• Experience of occupational therapy assessment and intervention relevant to adults with personality disorders.
• Experience and commitment to the principles of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working.
• Experience of facilitating a range of groups and 1:1 intervention to the client group's needs.
• Experience of managing/dealing with conflict and distressing situations.
• Experience in providing clinical and operational supervision.
• Knowledge of contemporary Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment, and relevant models (E.g., MOHO).
• A proficient level of computer and information technology skills.
• Clear communication skills both written and verbal.

To apply to this role please reply with your updated CV and job reference number.