Specialist Occupational Therapist (B6/B7 Development Role)
Job Description
Job summary
Join Our Team as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in Eating Disorders!
Are you passionate about developing your career as a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist in Eating Disorders? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Trust-wide Adult Eating Disorders Service (AEDS) working in our Enhance Treatment Team. T he development of the ETT is an exciting new multi-disciplinary initiative. This new intensive treatment pathway aims to reduce hospital admissions and to provide an alternative to day care for initial stabilisation purposes when needed
Position Details:
- Location: Primarily based within our Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, with occasional work from our Epsom site and other hub locations.
- The role includes completing home visits as part of your duties.
Career Development: We are committed to supporting your growth and development, with the potential to advance to a Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist.
Team Environment: You will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to pioneering innovative approaches to meet the occupational needs of our service users, ensuring high-quality service delivery.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access AEDS and ETT services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.
To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies. To contribute to the generic functioning of the team. Toprovide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate)
To provide occupational therapy student placements.
To contribute to service development and audits.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilities
Leadership
To plan and deliver a highly specialist occupational therapy service (in leadership or advanced therapy role) and to oversee its clinical governance.
To contribute to the professional leadership and continued development of a team I service area. The role will be required to provide appraisal, supervision, career development support and mentoring for junior qualified and unqualified staff and across the AEDS service
To contribute to the skill development of more junior colleagues within the AEDS service by offering clinical supervision (individual or group).
To support the AEDS ETT Lead in developing and delivering training presentations.
To act as a positive role model for junior staff by assisting and guiding them in their duties.
To help junior staff prioritise and manage their caseloads appropriately.
To regularly share updates and information to the AEDS ETT Lead, particularly when any incidents arise that may affect the standing or safe operation of the service.
To ensure that the healthcare needs of people under AEDS ETT team are communicated to service commissioners and providers.
To act as mentor for junior colleagues wishing to gain experience in working with complex and challenging mental health presentations
To positively contribute to divisional developments in relation to occupational therapy practice.
To be responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways.
To contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plans regarding occupational therapy recruitment.
Clinical
To provide highly specialist assessments and interventions for people presenting with complex eating disorders
To demonstrate highly specialist expertise and specialist occupational therapy skills in areas such as occupational engagement, environmental adaptation, development and maintenance of skills needed for meaningful participation
To have an excellent knowledge of occupational therapy models and frame of references
To provide high quality and comprehensive assessments for people who access the service, adapting the approach as and when needed.
To use highly effective clinical reasoning and formulation skills to devise person-centred occupational therapy care plans, alongside people who access services and their carers/family members (where appropriate). Ensuring that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences
To evaluate the effectiveness of team and occupational therapy interventions.
To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans.
To work in partnership with acute and primary care services and other healthcare providers.
To establish and maintaining effective relationships with colleagues, other agencies, people who use services and their families.
Professional
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures. To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005).
To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation. To carry out professional responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other relevant legislation.
To act as practice assessor/supervisor/teacher in teaching, facilitating and supporting pre-registration students and junior personnel and to participate in the audit of educational placements.
To participate in new staff induction.
To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards.
To lead in quality assurance activities as required.
To develop, implement and monitor interventions driven by government initiatives.
Develop and provide a range of specialist teaching/training packages which can be delivered to a range of multi-disciplinary audiences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy profession qualification
- Drivers license suitable for the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Completion of a Fieldwork Educators Course
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
- Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
- Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
- Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
- Evidence of an interest and skills in this specialist area
- Evidence of clinical reasoning
Desirable
- Experience in eating disorders
- Clinical Supervision training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
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