Lead Occupational Therapist

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic Lead Occupational Therapist to clinically lead Occupational Therapy in Ridgeway, secure inpatient services. The post is full time for 12 months fixed term/secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave.

We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy.

You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all patients have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.

As a Lead occupational therapist you will provide clinical leadership within Ridgeway, managing a complex caseload independently, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, ensuring the highest professional standards of care are maintained and demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy services across Ridgeway.To provide specialist advice to occupational therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider.

To be responsible for receiving complex requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.

To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.

To participate in and provide clinical/professional and management supervision

To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working

To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives

To use the Trust electronic patient record system

To abide by all Trust policies and procedures

To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We pride ourselves in building a positive working atmosphere and opportunities for development mean we have a proven track record of retaining staff within the team. In addition to this, flexible working and working from home can be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

The post holder will provide and lead the delivery of evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions.

We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the Trust Professional Head for OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

Applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis. In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters in Occupational Therapy or related subject (or willingness to undertake within agreed timescale)
• Registration with HCPC
• Clinical Supervisory Skills course.
• Trust training in Appraisal and Recruitment (or willingness to undertake within an agreed timescale)
• Trust QIS (Quality Improvement System) for Leaders (or willingness to undertake within agreed timescale)
• Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent

• Accredited Practice Placement Educator (APPLE)

Experience

• Substantial clinical experience in own service area
• Experience of leading clinical governance activities including clinical audit
• Substantial experience in clinical supervision of staff
• Participation in service development

Knowledge

• Specialist clinical knowledge in own service area
• Good understanding of national strategy, guidance and key standards in own specialist area and their application in practice
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and their application in practice
• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
• Safeguarding and its application in practice
• Research and development methodology

• Business planning process
• HR Policies and Procedures

Skills

• Demonstrate effective Clinical leadership
• Clearly articulate the role of the Occupational Therapy Service to wide and diverse range of people.
• Motivate and work positively and constructively with other members of the team.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
• Solve complex clinical problems
• Record complex information accurately and concisely and write reports
• Experience using prioritisation systems.
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Manage own caseload, prioritise and delegate effectively
• Motivate and work positively and constructively with other members of the team.
• Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
• Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision.
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.

If the contract type on the vacancy states 'Fixed Term' this would mean the vacancy is being advertised to address a temporary need for the duration stipulated on the advert, however, in the event that permanent funding is secured for the post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.

Internal applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.

Trust Welcome Day

Here at Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation NHS Trust we want you to have a positive experience when you start your new role with us. To ensure you have great welcome, for all new starters joining the Trust, we offer two start dates per month on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of that Month.

For certain clinical roles, your Welcome Day could then be followed by up to 9 days face to face training. If this is applicable to you, further information will be provided ahead of your Welcome Day.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals who have experience of mental ill health or learning disabilities. Our service users and carers tell us our staff should be consistently concerned with maintaining and improving care with pride, empathy and compassion.

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