Occupational Therapist

Job overview

The post offers opportunities for the successful applicant to develop skills in meeting the complex needs of clients.

You will join a friendly, well-established, integrated learning disability team with a focus on delivering high quality service for adults with learning disabilities.

Bolton’s learning disability health service is integrated into the Community Learning Disability Team, combining the learning disability health services with social care. The team is based at Farnworth Town Hall located within the Bolton borough.

You will be an enthusiastic occupational therapist, with a passion to help others and to work with adults who have a learning disability and complex physical health needs and/or behaviours.

Main duties of the job

To manage a caseload, using evidence based, client centred principles to provide specialised assessments, implementation and evaluation of Occupational Therapy intervention.

There will be opportunity to bring creative thinking into your work and use skills acquired throughout your previous Occupational Therapy training and experience.

The post holder will have access to clinical supervision, peer and managerial support. There is a commitment to providing ongoing training and professional development, including development of skills and leadership opportunities.

In line with The Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Strategy for England, the post holder will support the implementation of policies designed to achieve quality in healthcare including championing diverse and inclusive leadership and improving representation from those with protected characteristics.

Working for our organisation

Our Values

Vision

We have a plan that will deliver excellent health and care for future generations, working with partners to ensure our services are sustainable.

We make decisions that are best for long term health and social care outcomes for our communities.

Openness

We communicate clearly to our patients, families and our staff with transparency and honesty.

We encourage feedback from everyone to help drive innovation and Improvements.

Integrity

We demonstrate fairness, respect and empathy in our interactions with people.

We take responsibility for our actions, speaking out and learning from our mistakes.

Compassion

We take a person-centred approach in all our interactions with patients, families and our staff.

We provide compassionate care and demonstrate understanding to everyone.

Excellence

We put quality and safety at the heart of all our services and processes.

We continuously improve our standards of healthcare with the patient in mind.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With support from senior therapy colleagues, participate in research and development activity and contribute to the overall development of learning disability services.

1. To provide specialised OT assessment of individuals with learning disabilities referred to the service who may have complex needs which may include additional mental health problems, autism and/or challenging behaviours.
2. To participate in capacity assessments alongside members of the MDT. Requires good working knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and use of appropriate Mental Capacity Act (MCA) documentation.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of OT interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, contributing to MDT and assessment.
4. To manage a clinical caseload with supervision from a senior OT colleague, whilst retaining professional responsibility for assessment, intervention and discharge.
5. To provide specialist OT advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to an individual’s intervention plan.
6. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual’s and to provide advice to other professionals on therapy aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
7. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, keeping individuals and their representatives (where appropriate) informed, maintaining confidentiality.

The postholder will be a car driver with access to a car for work duties.

Person specification

Qualifications

• A recognised BSc Honours degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent. HCPC registration.

• Registered member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists.

Experience

• Experience of multi-disciplinary working.

• Experience of working with adults with a learning disability.

Knowledge and Skills

• Good organisational skills.

• Knowledge of cultural and ethnic diversity and ability to adapt approach to meet cultural needs.

We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.