Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

The post holder should be be independent with complexity, expertise and leadership in the following areas:

• To provide Trust-wide clinical leadership and advice in own specialist area.
• To provide clinical supervision and specialist training for occupational therapy staff within the designated specialty and other healthcare professionals.
• To be responsible for managing a highly specialist caseload, triaging and prioritising referrals, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self care, productivity and leisure.
• To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
• To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges
  
  We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to be the one of the first to join our mental health team at HMP Millsike, a brand new Category B men's prison, located in the village of Full Sutton near York.
Prison environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing Clinical skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the opportunity for you. As a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist you will be professionally and clinically accountable for a highly complex caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, providing Trust-wide clinical leadership and advice in the specialist area, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation. HMP Millsike will have an operational capacity of 1500 people who will spend their sentences learning the skills they need to find work on release as part of the government's drive to cut reoffending. The prison site is currently under construction and Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust were recently awarded the Mental Health Service contract to begin delivering services in April 2025. The working base is flexible between HMP Millsike and HMP Full Sutton., About Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life. This post will both deliver a highly specialist caseload within HMP Millsike and HMP Full Sutton as well establishing occupational therapy services, alongside the Lead occupational therapist and the Trust OT pathway, within this new contract. This includes delivery of occupational therapy within the in-reach mental teams