Occupational Therapist in Leeds

To design, arrange and provide direct clinical care which encompasses Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and management of patients with complex mental health needs who are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. To lead a small team of staff in ensuring there is a provision of quality service to the patients and work in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job:

• To present as a positive and professional role model to all staff within the unit, striving to maintain a philosophy of service user involvement in continuously improving the service.
• To take the professional lead for the overall provision and development of high quality Occupational Therapy within the hospital, asserting your competencies as an OT and embedding these within the wider role of Primary worker.
• To actively participate in and provide clinical and management supervision.
• To positively participate in and assist other staff in the implementation of personal development plans, and promote mandatory training.
• To utilise your core Occupational Therapy skills in providing a high quality of Occupational Therapy mental health treatment within a wider role of primary worker.
• To support the development of a central therapeutic environment within Waterloo Manor. This will involve assessing needs, developing group programmes and facilitating groups appropriate to the needs of the patients.
• To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of Care and Treatment for patients within a Care Programme Approach (CPA) system.
• To support the profession's development and modernisation and the adherence to your profession's standards and codes of practice.

About us:

Waterloo Manor Hospital stands as a leading provider of specialised services for women with complex mental health issues, offering an integrated care pathway from low secure environments to open rehabilitation settings. Through robust multi-disciplinary collaboration, a strong focus on personal recovery, and carefully designed facilities, we enable each individual to make meaningful steps towards improved mental health and functional independence.

Job responsibilities:

• Inform all Patients of their right to access their treatment plan, and to actively encourage them to read and evaluate their treatment plan.
• Demonstrate effective leadership, providing appropriate advice and guidance to members of the team.
• Undertake thorough assessments of care needs which lead to the development of detailed and relevant care plans, positively encourage patient involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
• On a planned basis, use appropriate evaluation techniques to assess the effectiveness of packages of care, which have been offered.
• Ensure that the development and maintenance of an effective system for assessing, managing and minimising levels of clinical risk.
• To work as an integrated member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, and facilitate effective team working in providing excellent care to Patients.
• To ensure the effective implementation of the care programme approach, ensuring relevant and up to date communication between all those involved in supporting individual Patients.
• To be involved in planning, providing, evaluating therapeutic groups and activity programmes as appropriate to the clinical setting.
• Ensure clinical and professional development needs are met by the PDP process.
• To take an active role in the development and implementation of audit and evidence-based practice within a clinical setting.
• Take responsibility to maintain professional registration by meeting COT and HPC standards and support adherence to these within clinical settings.
• To ensure that treatment areas and equipment used for Occupational Therapy interventions are safely maintained and are in good order and condition.
• To work in an autonomous way with Occupational Therapy specific interventions based on clinical reasoning.
• To take the clinical lead for promoting occupation within the ward environment and support the team in enabling the environment to be occupationally focused.

Person Specification Qualifications:

• BHSC (OT) / Dip COT.
• Two years post graduate mental health work experience.
• To demonstrate and apply a highly skilled level of clinical and professional supervision.
• To have completed all education required of a Professional Lead OT.
• Maintain up-to-date specific professional, legal and technical standards of practice in accordance with professional codes of conduct.
• To demonstrate a complex level of Mental Health practice and contribute to the sharing of this within your team.
• To demonstrate a high working knowledge of CPA and promote best practice within your own team.
• To demonstrate a high level of skill in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment for patients.
• To know, maintain and constantly strive to improve, all standards of care within the hospital.
• To be conversant with the role in terms of carrying out the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 as well as assisting in the education of other staff in relation to this.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.