Occupational Therapist - Band 5, 6 or 5 - 6 Development
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapy post
A rare opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team at Rosanne House, Welwyn Garden City.
The post is suited to an Occupational Therapist who enjoys the challenge of a fast-paced setting where positive Occupational Therapy outcomes are seen quickly. Occupational Therapy is an essential part of the treatment options within the Crisis Service, which supports individuals during the acute phase of mental ill health.
The role involves individual Occupational Therapy Treatment, and there is scope for group work. Settings include the Crisis Teams base, the local crisis therapy unit, service users' homes and their local community. Therefore, access to a vehicle is essential.You will receive support and supervision from a Band 7 Occupational Therapist.
We welcome those who wish to work flexibly, including condensed hours.
We welcome applications from:
- Band 6 Occupational Therapists
- Band 5 Occupational Therapists ready for promotion
- Band 5s interested in a Band 5 to 6 development post - expected time to complete competencies and become a Band 6 will be approximately 6-12 months after starting the new role. Following successful achievement of meeting competencies, your salary will be reviewed, and your pay band confirmed at Band 6 pay step 1
***Interviews will be held on Wednesday 7th May 2025 at Rosanne House***
Main duties of the job
Provide OT expertise within the East Crisis Multidisciplinary Team, including OT assessment, individual and potentially group work intervention in a variety of settings.
Duties- Manage a caseload with complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- Provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal.
- Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services.
- Regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.
- Maintain records.
- Complete OT assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
- Use a problem-solving approach to reduce risk as home.
- Work with service users to identify OT goals as part of the care plan.
- Plan and implement individual interventions, in collaboration with the service user, using graded activity to achieve goals.
- Apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the service users physical and social environment.
- Monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs.
Working for our organisation
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be theleading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential criteria- Diploma / degree in OT
- State registration with HCPC
- Completion of Preceptorship at Band 5 level. Evidence of having met the full KSF Full Gateway for Band 5
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have an understanding of OT interventions used in mental health and have a broad knowledge of mental health conditions.
- Membership of BAOT and/or specialist section
- First line management training
- Solution Focussed Brief Therapy training
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
- Practice Placement qualification/APPLE accreditation
- Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting
- Broad base of clinical experience
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria- Experience of working with people living with a wide range of mental health conditions.
- Post registration experience in an acute mental health setting
- Experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
- Knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation and associated assessment tools.
- Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
- Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS.
- Previous experience of having worked at Band 6 level
- Experience in research or audit
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”.This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.
Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
Visa and Immigration
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.Those who are on a visa will be issued with Fixed Term Contract in line with your visa end date.