An exciting opportunity is available to work within the Adult Forensic Secure Mental Health setting at Prestwich Hospital, providing a quality service to service users with complex and challenging mental health needs.
You will be responsible for your own caseload and would work closely with the MDT to provide assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation to service users within a specialist mental health setting.
You will work alongside a large established team of Occupational Therapists and support staff. The Occupational Therapy service has a wide range of resources that support the patient journey towards discharge. These include a dedicated skills and education centre, a fully equipped gymnasium and sports hall and access to the unit Recovery Academy.
You will also have the opportunity to contribute to service developments.
The department is committed to staff wellbeing and progression. Regular supervision, the appraisal / Preceptorship process, and continuing professional development opportunities are established and welcomed.
Main duties of the job
To manage a defined specialist caseload using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To deliver individual and group interventions drawn from relevant frames of reference.
To develop skills and knowledge through participation in a Professional Development Planning process to meet the competency framework.
To be research and professional standards aware and use evidence to support and develop practice.
To work within a secure mental health setting and by utilising evidence-based assessments, identify risk within the performance of occupation to contribute to the formulation of risk.
The postholder will be required to work autonomously with service users for extended periods within community settings as part of their rehabilitation programme. This aspect of the role involves regular activities that demand sustained physical effort and an appropriate level of physical stamina.
Benefits
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary sacrifice car scheme
* Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Other
* Ability to work independently with service users for extended periods of time within community settings as part of their rehabilitation programme.
Qualifications
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
Experience
* Experience of applying OT intervention and assessment.
* Awareness of mental health assessment tools and their application in practice.
* Experience of placements/working within a mental health setting.
* Experience of utilising the Model of Human Occupation in practice.
Skills & Abilities
* Effective communication skills, including the processing of complex and sensitive information.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
* Awaerneness of the principles of the recovery model
Knowledge
* An understanding of the model of human occupation.
* Knowledge of current best practice in mental health OT.
* Knowledge of trauma informed care.
* Knowledge of the social difficulties which can be experienced by people with complex mental health needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy
£32,073 to £39,043 a year pro rata
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