Occupational Therapist

A fixed-term, Band 6 maternity cover opportunity has arisen within the Hertfordshire Specialist Learning Disability Service. in the Hertfordshire Specialist Learning Disability Service. In this rare opportunity, we are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join our dedicated, specialist and forward-thinking Multi-Disciplinary Team where you will be working collaboratively to improve the lives, independence and wellbeing of people with a learning disability. In this rewarding role, you'll use your core OT skills to promote participation and independence in activities of daily living, while building and sharing expertise in specialist areas including Sensory Integration, Positive Behaviour Support, trauma-informed approaches and equipment provision. You'll be welcomed into a highly skilled, dedicated and inventive Occupational Therapy service. We'll support you with supervision and ongoing learning, and you'll have opportunities to contribute to service development and quality improvement., To provide high quality, comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for specified service user group with complex need To work in an interdisciplinary way to assess service user's needs, devise care plans and evaluate outcomes and to carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Provide clinical advice and support for service users that present with behaviour that challenges and require support with their mental health. Work directly with service users, carers, colleagues and other service providers. Deliver training and education to other professionals/carers/family. To continue to develop Occupational Therapy provision within the service and drive innovation with support from the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Professional Lead Occupational Therapis, To provide a high-quality Occupational Therapy Service and consultation to people within the Hertfordshire Specialist Learning Disability Services. To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings . To provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to a client's formulation, diagnosis and case management plan. To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions using selected and graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention. To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decision about their care.ion an To maintain clinical records. To develop skills and knowledge. To provide an effective supervision framework for Occupational Therapy staff, and provide regular supervision to allocated OT staff as per Trust policy.

• BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
• Evidence of relevant post grad training.
• Completion of preceptorship for Band 5 OT's
Desirable criteria
• Membership of RCOT
• Practice Placement qualification
• AMPS/SI training/MOHO
• Broad base of clinical experience, Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting
• Applied experience of providing both individual and group work interventions.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of using 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
• Applied knowledge of Recovery principles and how these relate to OT
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
Desirable criteria
• Previous experience of having worked in a similar setting at Band 5 level
• Experience in research or audit
• Previous experience of having worked at Band 6 level
• Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students, Strong communication skills, written and verbal and the ability to persuade and negotiate with peers and senior colleagues
• Proven track record of working within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of team dynamics
• Knowledge and application of key policy, health legislation and guidelines which impact on OT and mental health/LD practice.
• Ability to provide and receive sensitive and difficult information regarding service users care and social situation
• Knowledge of and effective use of appropriate professional relationships and boundaries
• High level of ability to grade and adapt practical skills
• Evidence of delivery of training and professional development sessions, Ability to apply broad knowledge of current best practice in OT and mental health
• A high level of problem solving/clinical judgement skills and the ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
• Ability to respond and adjust appropriately to the changing needs of service users
• Highly developed Observational skills
• Highly developed ability to evaluate group interventions and outcomes
• Highly developed case formulation skills to guide own OT intervention plan and those of others
Desirable criteria
• Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation Assessment tools and or equivalent in area
• Experience of audits/evaluations of interventions and direct involvement of implementation of any subsequent changes to practice, 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 over 400,000 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: Our Trust values are: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it! Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?, HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.