Occupational Therapist Older Adults Inpatient
Band 6
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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.
Job overview
Are you a dedicated and compassionate Occupational Therapist looking to make a difference in the lives of older adults with mental health conditions and dementia? Tower Hamlets is an exciting and diverse London borough where innovation and development in older adult care is a top priority. We are transforming the way we work and putting care of older adults on the map for innovation and development.
As an Inpatient Mental Health Occupational Therapist (Band 6), you will be an integral part of our established multi-disciplinary team. Your mission will be to collaboratively support older adults in achieving their goals and improving their quality of life. We value forward-thinking professionals who can contribute to our innovative approach to care.
The post-holder will have excellent assessment and individual and group intervention skills, and will have the opportunity to provide client‑centered assessments and interventions in a flexible and creative way. There are also opportunities to develop the service in line with Mental Health Community Transformation.
Main duties of the job
To work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to assess and treat older people with dementia and/or mental ill health, facilitating discharge and enabling future accommodation/care needs to be identified in regard to individual preference and best interest.
To be responsible for an appropriate caseload, providing Occupational
Therapy specific assessment, treatment/interventions via a range of
individual and/or group treatments.
To provide clinical supervision and support practice education when required.
To contribute to the planning and evaluation of the Older People’s Mental
Health services.
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
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
* Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Health Care Professionals Council registration
* Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Experience
* At least one year post qualification in clinical mental health setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
* Experience of CPD and role development activities
Knowledge and Skills
* the needs and rights of service users and / or carers in planning and service development
* applied social, health and medical sciences required for the practice of Occupational Therapy including psychology, anatomy, physiology and sociology
* applied psychological perspectives relevant to OT in mental health including behavioural, cognitive and humanistic perspectives
* the theory and practice of occupational therapy including occupational science and holistic models of OT practice
* specialist clinical skills in order to carry out OT interventions (e.g. interactive and activitybased interventions, cognitive behavioural interventions, psychosocial and psycho‑educational interventions
* current National Guidelines and legislation e.g. CPA, NSF, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act(2014) and their application and be able to impart this to others
* Ability to independently manage a complex clinical caseload
* Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs
* Ability to manage frequent highly distressing clinical interactions with client’s who have serious mental health problems
* Ability to liaise with other services around clinical issues
* Good organisational and time management skills
* Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance
* Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate a range of activities in relation to clinical work
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 rated '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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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Lorraine Kazembe
Job title Lead for Older Adults (MHCOP)
Email address lorraine.kazembe1@nhs.net
Telephone number 0208 475 2188
Additional information
Katrina Tiernan Senior Inpatient Occupational Therapist
Katrina.tiernan@nhs.net
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