Senior Occupational Therapist

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.

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

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Job overview

Are you looking for a role that enables you to utilise your core skills as an Occupational Therapist? Community rehabilitation for adults with complex psychosis offers opportunity for assessment and intervention. As a new and evolving service it also offers the opportunity to help shape the new service .

You’ll be working alongside a close knit multi-disciplinary team of a Peer Support worker, Nurses, a Matron, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist and an administrator. We work closely with the community mental health teams, social care, carers and supported accommodation providers.

You will be supported to attend any profession specific training and learning events to support your ongoing CPD. We are looking for someone who is keen to contribute to innovative thinking and service development.

We are looking for individuals who bring enthusiasm, creativity and energy to work in this vital area. We are looking for clinicians who can work autonomously as well as within a team, someone who is approachable, flexible, and dedicated to improving the lives of our service users and carers.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to welcome an experienced Mental Health Practitioner, specifically an OT. You will be given full support and a comprehensive induction. Training is available in the VdT Model of Creative Ability.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about intervention. Currently the team operates as an Intervention service, with care coordination remaining with the CMHT. This model may change in the future to a case holding team. If it does, the model will be smaller caseloads (approx 15) and a team based approach to cases to keep rehab as the focus.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for:

• Leading on a caseload of patients with complex psychosis
• Assessing functioning, risk and leading specialist interventions
• Using Dialog where possible and Recovery Care Planning with service users and carers.
• Managing your own diary and planning your day.
• Attending MDT meetings and wards.
• Communicate effectively through notes on Lorenzo and letters to Service Users, GPs and other involved parties.
• Ability to travel independently is essential for this role.

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 their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will have knowledge, skills and experience of working across the range of complexity and severity in adult mental health.

We will expect the post holder to work collaboratively and flexibly with others to undertake assessments, develop and share psychological formulations and develop treatment plans.

You will be responsible for managing a caseload, assessing and planning treatment for your patients. Working with the patient to plan care and optimise treatment plans. Feeding back to the MDT and working within the team for the best outcome for the patient

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent with valid registration
• Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become Signoff Mentor
• Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice

Other

• Ability to travel independently

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.