Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Older People Community Mental Health Team for a secondment or fixed term opportunity.
This Occupational Therapy role will be crucial in contributing to the development and implementation of occupational therapy interventions in this service. You will have the opportunity to facilitate evidence-based groups as well as deliver therapy programmes on an individual basis, supporting skills development and community engagement. The postholder may be expected to care co-ordinate a small, defined number of service users, who have predominant occupational needs. You will work alongside other OTs within the CMHT as well as a wide range of multidisciplinary team colleagues. CPD and Older People OT peer supervision opportunities are available within the wider Occupational Therapy service across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Manage a clinical caseload Work as a member of the multidisciplinary team Support the development of evidence-based occupational therapy practice Provide occupational therapy specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work related to: Self-care Work Leisure Work independently without direct supervision Participate in research/audit activities Supervise the work of support workers, band 5 occupational therapists and occupational therapy students on fieldwork placement as required. Contribute to and carry out risk assessments, risk management plans and care plans Provide specialist occupational therapy advice to the multidisciplinary team. About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and we have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
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Manage a clinical caseload Work as a member of the multidisciplinary team Support the development of evidence-based occupational therapy practice Provide occupational therapy specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work related to: Self-care Work Leisure Work independently without direct supervision Participate in research/audit activities Supervise the work of support workers, band 5 occupational therapists and occupational therapy students on fieldwork placement as required. Contribute to and carry out risk assessments, risk management plans and care plans Provide specialist occupational therapy advice to the multidisciplinary team. About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and we have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
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