Main area Early Intervention in Psychosis Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: 1 year post registration experience required as minimum. Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm) Job ref 246-WSU7053006
Site Riverview House Town Wickham Market Salary £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum/ pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/2025 23:59
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
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YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Are you a compassionate, dedicated and motivated Occupational Therapist who holds a current professional registration and always puts people at the heart of everything you do?
EIP Suffolk is currently able to offer an exciting opportunity to join our highly skilled and experienced team delivering bespoke and timely interventions to our service users, aged 14 – 65 years, and their families in line with the National Institute of Clinical Excellence Quality Standards for Early Intervention Services.
We are currently looking to recruit a full time Band 6 AfC Senior Occupational Therapist to our East Suffolk base in Wickham Market. Previous experience of working with Psychosis within a community setting would be advantageous but not essential.
Main duties of the job
EIP Suffolk use the Model of Human Occupation and associated assessments, this is a widely adopted model across the trust and will assist with informing your interventions for both your own assigned caseload and across the base MDT. The successful applicant will be expected to be familiar with this model and work towards a level of confidence enabling them to support new Band 5s or OT students on placement creating a supportive environment to encourage learning and progression.
As a practitioner you will be able to demonstrate a warm, compassionate and needs-led approach to working with our service users and their families. The role includes multi-agency working alongside the family, local acute care services, primary care sector, social care, education, employment and voluntary services to ensure the service users needs are best met.
As part of this team, responsibilities would include undertaking assessments of individuals who are experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis, working collaboratively with their families and other supporting agencies to effectively address needs utilising Care Programme Approach to manage a community caseload. Your role would hold protected time to offer Occupational Therapy assessment and care planning across the East clinical caseload in addition to case management of your own small caseload.
Working for our organisation
EIP Suffolk offer therapeutic intervention via 1:1 and group sessions.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will undertake the planning/delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a MDT/multi-agency environment.
* Managing a caseload of individuals experiencing their First Episode of Psychosis and the provision of mental health care services in line with NICE guidelines / quality standards for EIS.
* Provide planned care/risk assessment / screening for patients within their care plan and ongoing evaluation of patients’ needs via caseload management/supervision.
* Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.
* To advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and/or health and social care professional of any change in the patients’ conditions and / or circumstances.
* To work within the MDT offering specialist OT advise, screening and / assessment and to form working partnerships with other care providers.
* To ensure service users/carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the MDT.
* To provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision of the Clinical Team Leader.
* To enable service users to gain and maintain independence, always promoting hope and reducing potential stigma.
* To lead on Social Recovery groupwork programme.
* Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personal development plans on an annual basis.
* Undertake the supervision of students that will be undertaking placements within the Team.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
* Clinical supervisor qualification or willing to work towards it.
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Have significant post registration experience
* Effective risk assessment and risk management experience
* Working in a team delivering person centred treatment packages
* Supervision of junior OT staff / OT students
* Delivering group-based interventions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
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