Head Occupational Therapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic Head Occupational Therapist who is interested in joining our team to take forward exciting initiatives within the inpatient setting. You will join an established team focused on providing an excellent OT service for people using our services. You will have the opportunity to continue to develop clinical skills and hold a small complex caseload, you will be offered training to develop these skills, as well as offering leadership and management for your team. This role is based at Kingfisher Court in Radlett.

You will have the support of the Head of AHP and the Lead OT and will be part of the Head OT team across the in-patient and crisis services., You will have the opportunity to hold a complex clinical caseload, as well as provide leadership for a team of therapists and therapy assistants with the support of the Lead OT.

Training will be offered to develop leadership skills as well as specialist clinical skills (such as Sensory Integration, Trauma Informed approaches, Neurodiversity, Positive Behavioural Support etc.( depending on interest).

You will join a team of Head OT's who lead the inpatient wards and the crisis teams. You will be an integral part of the team to take the various quality improvements forward, as well as continue to develop and establish the OT pathway and interventions across the teams., To lead in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services, holding responsibility for defined projects where appropriate

To regularly support staff to supervise OT students on practice placement, following attendance at an approved Fieldwork Educator's course.

To manage a small caseload of clients with highly complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.

• 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/APPLE accreditation, Membership of RCOT, including specialist section


• First line management training


• Solution Focussed Brief Therapy training


• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training


• AMPS/ESI/SI training, Post registration experience in acute mental health


• 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, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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 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, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional