Specialist Occupational Therapist
Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Are you an OT who is looking to extend your expertise working with Adults with Learning Disabilites in the community? We are a small specialist adult Learning Disabilities (LD) health team, and are looking for someone who can bring in LD OT skills and knowledge, and transfer this to an adult LD setting.We are able to support professional development and provide supervision.
East London Foundation Trust is looking for a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist (OT), to join the Newham Health Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities (NHLD). We are a health team working primarily with individuals with severe - profound and multiple learning disabilities and people with moderate learning disabilities and complex needs.
This position is a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist post. This is a full time role, based in Stratford, London close to tube, rail and DLR stations, but flexible or part time hours would be considered.
You will be a valued part of an established, skilled and motivated Occupational Therapy Team, within the wider multi-disciplinary team composed of Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists/Behaviours Specialists and Psychiatrists.
Main duties of the job
The Occupational Therapy Team offers effective services, focusing on ensuring that the people they work with are able to engage in and participate in activities of daily living. The OT team has embraced innovative practice in relation to sensory work and functional assessment to ensure people are able to take part in activities that increase their independence and wellbeing.The OTs work with people and their supporters in a variety of places - people’s homes, the community, day centres and educational settings.
You will have previous experience or transferrable skills for working with people who have learning disabilities, and a sound understanding of the legal frameworks relevant to people with learning disabilities. You will hold a clinical caseload, to be autonomous in carrying out assessment, intervention and evaluation of your OT work.
You will receive supervision and support from the Lead OT and Deputy Team manager. We will offer a friendly work environment, a broad range of clinical experience, clinical supervision, internal and external training sessions, and support for CPD and career development.
For more information about the post and for informal visits, please contact
Rachel James on [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more infromation about the Job Descripton and Person Specification please refer to the attached doument
Person specification
shortlisting
Essential criteria- LD OT experience (activities/sensory/manual handling interventions)
- Excellent communication skills with people with LD and carers
- Occupational therapy degree or equivalent
- HCPC registration (Occupational Therapist)
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
- Knowledge of relevant LD legislation
- Completed CPD around LD OT specialism e.g. sensory/manual handling
both
Essential criteria- LD OT experience (activities/sensory/manual handling interventions)
- Excellent communication skills with people with LD and carers
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
Shortlisting
Essential criteria- LD OT experience (activities/sensory/manual handling interventions)
- Excellent communication skills with people with LD and carers
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London.We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated ‘Outstanding’ again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services.We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve.Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
What Next?
If you like the sound of ELFT, don’t waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!
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