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Highly Specialist Occupational therapist
The closing date is 30 June 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic, and committed Occupational Therapist to join our Broadland Clinic team at in Hertfordshire secure services. This is a new post created as part of the exciting new co-located low secure and Medium secure unit, with 10 low secure beds and 15 medium secure Learning Disability beds - in addition to supporting our well established low secure 15 bedded Mental Health unit. This is a fantastic career development opportunity to guide the Occupational Therapy service through this transformation and continue to shape the established services in mental health. The postholder will work alongside an established and experienced team of clinicians and practitioners to contribute to high-quality service provision, including maintaining a clinical caseload, team leadership, consultation and advice, therapeutic interventions, and delivery of training, all within the overall framework of the service's policies and provision.
Main duties of the job
To manage a caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal
To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate
To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Fieldwork Educator's course.
To apply in depth knowledge of the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and other standardised assessment approaches relevant to the clinical setting.
Following specialist assessment, to undertake case formulation in order to highlight occupational strengths and limitations and to inform the intervention plan moving forward.
To work collaboratively with service users to identify OT goals as part of the overall recovery plan.
To routinely provide detailed feedback to the MDT regarding observed occupational performance throughout contact, which inform ongoing assessment and therapeutic intervention.
To provide highly specialist support and education to service users and carers regarding aspects of occupational therapy e.g. equipment fitting, rehabilitation programmes, sensory issues, management of symptoms through activity.
To liaise with carers and other professionals as relevant.
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 the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.Our family of over 4000 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?
Job responsibilities
To work effectively as a senior member of a team in providing a highly specialised occupational therapy service in Hertfordshire Forensic services in collaboration with the Professional Lead OT.
To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy advice, intervention and support given to service users and their carers.
To provide timely feedback to the MDT information regarding the service users wellbeing and occupational performance.
To provide a detailed specialist occupational therapy reports when required, within designated clinical area.
To seek out and use latest evidence-based practice to engage service users in meaningful and appropriate activities, to promote independence, recovery and well-being and demonstrating effectiveness of OT within these outcomes.
To have a senior oversight of the occupational needs of the specific service user group and develop services accordingly.
To demonstrate and apply a highly specialist level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the clients physical and social environment.
To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
To undertake risk assessments within clinical area as guided by local/Trust policies.
To report incidents, safeguarding concerns, complaints and compliments.
To actively participate in /lead safety huddles and de-brief sessions as appropriate.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
* BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration
* Evidence of clinical post registration training
* Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
* Practice Placement qualification and student placement facilitation
* Membership of RCOT
* First line management training
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training
* AMPS/ESI/SI training or equivalent
* Structured forensic risk assessment training
* Leadership training
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
* Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting/s at a B6 level
* Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
* Highly Specialist knowledge and experience of using and applying the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
* Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools, e.g. AMPS, Pool Activity Levels
* Documented evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students
* Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
* Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
* Experience in research or audit
* Previous experience of having worked at Band 7 level
* Experience of service development and transformation
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.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a yearSalary depends on experience Per ann, Pro rata (5% HCAS Included)
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