The post holder is responsible for the provision of a high-quality Occupational Therapy service, ensuring that the service delivered meets Trust and professional standards and develops in line with Government, Clinical, Professional, and local guidelines. They have responsibility for formulating intervention plans and delivering specialist individual and group work interventions for a caseload of clients with complex needs. They will be required to deputise for the Clinical Manager and/or OT Lead and provide cover for the other team members as necessary.
Act as a Lead Professional for a limited number of patients with complex needs ensuring the full implementation of the Care Programme Approach Policy.
To be responsible for supporting, developing, evaluating an evidence-based group programme, developing group skills for all staff to aid recovery principles.
To be a key resource in facilitating the pathway to primary care.
Main duties of the job
* Act as a key resource for the Occupational Therapy needs of the wider MDT caseload.
To guide the team on the appropriate use of therapeutic risk-taking during MDT discussions, using specialist OT and mental health knowledge.
To meet the needs of service users in an effective, efficient and recovery focused approach.
To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of care to working age adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties supporting the implementation of the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and act as Lead Professional.
Provide occupational focused assessment, formulation, care plan, and intervention to patients with complex functional needs in their own homes and communities.
Evaluate Occupational Therapy interventions and consider ongoing needs of the patient and identity opportunities for longer term support when required.
Chair care programme approach meetings, case conferences and other clinical meetings as indicated.
To develop, facilitate and evaluate a group work programme.
To support the wider Occupational Therapy service when required this may require you to work with patients in different services.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree level or higher in Occupational Therapy
* Health and Care Professions Council registration
Desirable
* Training required to teach students on placement
* Specialist post graduate training in a range of subjects relevant to challenging behaviours
Experience
Essential
* Post graduate experience working in complex and high-risk mental health settings - managing challenging behaviours
* Experience of applying the Occupational Therapy process in mental health
* Experience of using standardised and functional assessments and activity analysis in a mental health setting
* Experience of supporting and supervising junior staff
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Employer details
Employer name
Solent NHS Trust
Address
St Mary's Community Health Campus
Milton Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO3 6AD
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