Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team for a 12 month period. The South York and Selby Community Team is based within the Selbycovering the Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet and Pocklington area. The multi-disciplinary team works with adults with mental health difficulties and their families to deliver mental health services. We are looking for an OT who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy, and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with working age people and families. You will access support from the wider occupational therapy network in TEWV, and local adult mental health occupational therapy in North Yorkshire, York, and Selby to deliver a high quality, needs-led OT service. Utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place. Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, 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 participate in clinical / professional and management supervision
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
• To contribute to 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, Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway linked to adult mental health services in North Yorkshire, and offer input to individuals, their families, and carers, All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families / carers. The ability to engage and communicate with adults with mental health difficulties as well as the parents / family / carers and system around them is essential. Clinical / Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments. Research is an important focus within our trust. You will have the opportunity to engage as a research participant in appropriate projects, have the chance to develop pragmatic research skills, link in with local universities in joint research initiatives and join the AHP research group. You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings. There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal. As an Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, always demonstrating adherence to the Trust values and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.

Essential
• Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC
• Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
• Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Desirable
• Accredited Practice Placement Educator
Experience Essential
• Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements
Desirable
• Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience presenting to groups
Knowledge Essential
• Professional Code of Conduct and its application to practice
• Health and Safety legislation and its application in practice
• Legal aspects of Moving and Handling
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its use in practice
• Clinical Governance and Clinical Supervision
• Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
• Research and development methodology
• Understanding of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds
• Awareness of commonly used occupational therapy assessments used in mental health practice
Skills Essential
• Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
• Good observational skills and ability to describe such observations verbally and in writing
• Record keeping and report writing
• Ability to relate therapeutically to the needs of the service user group
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Manage own caseload and prioritise effectively
• Delegate tasks appropriately
• Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
  
  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.