Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Due to an expansion of the Specialist Learning Disability Service, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and highly motivated Occupational Therapist. You have the chance to work as part of a dedicated, specialist and innovative Muti Disciplinary Team, where you will help to improve the lives and wellbeing of individuals with a Learning Disability who have had contact with the Criminal Justice System.

The posts sits within the Specialist Offending Behaviour Intervention team but will be a part of the wider, highly dedicated and creative Specialist Learning Disability Occupational Therapy service. You will be able to use your core OT knowledge to promote participation and independence in Activities of Daily living, whilst having the opportunity to strengthen and develop specialist areas such as Criminal Justice, Sensory Integration and Positive Behaviour Support.

With direct support from the Occupational Therapy Professional Lead, your role will be to grow, develop and innovate an evidence based Occupational Therapy provision within this specialist service.

We are a supportive and forward-thinking team, with great peer networks. We actively promote learning and professional development with opportunities in both clinical and leadership fields of work., As a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will be required to develop the role and benefits of Occupational Therapy in this specialist Service.

You will be required to work confidently and autonomously with a varied and sometimes complex caseload.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of both service and role development, whilst offering the opportunity to use core Occupational Therapy skills. The main duties of the Occupational Therapist within the OBIS team includes the ability to manage a caseload of clients with complex OT needs, using evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits. You will be required to work collaboratively with service users to identify OT goals as part of the overall recovery plan and include these within the wider MDT care plan. The role will offer the opportunity to work alongside a multi-disciplinary team, including Nurses, Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists and Psychiatry.

Having not had an Occupational Therapy post sit within the service for some time, with support from the Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy, you will be required to have a senior oversight of the needs of the service user group and develop services accordingly using an evidenced based approach.

An exciting opportunity for someone looking for service development and leadership opportunities.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust offer great opportunities for continued professional development, including an internal Occupational Therapy training programme, Peer supervisions and Specialist Interest Groups in a variety of topics.