Permanent Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Then look no further, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work within the Mersey Care Eating Disorder Service.

We are dedicated to providing a high quality of service and opportunity to access appropriate provision to meet the bio-psycho-social needs of our service users who present with a range of eating difficulties.

The operational hours are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm William House, Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, L13 4AW.

Within the role you will receive mental health specific supervision as well as being supported by a wider team of clinicians and an Occupational therapists in the Trust.

You will be highly motivated and able to work with different degrees of ambivalence to facilitate behavioural changes to dietary intake and engagement in meaningful activity in support of client's recovery journey.

Newly appointed post holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.

The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal, and participate in planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designatedarea/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles

To work with clients to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan, using specialist mental health and OT assessment tools.

To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the clients social and physical environment.

To co-ordinate the care of a defined group of service users carrying out their assessment and planning, implementing and evaluating their care under the guidelines of CPA without supervision.

To monitor, via performance management, the care plans developed for service users by all sector members to ensure that they are appropriate and of a high standard.

To develop a risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team.

Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.

To monitor and work with all team members to ensure that service user risk is managed appropriately and that risk management plans are of a high quality.

To lead the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users under the care of the sector you have responsibility for.

To have an in-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act.

To support service users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital.

To support staff involved in the application of the Mental Health Act, ensuring that they are aware of and fulfilling their duties.

To use skills gained through training and experience to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally aggressive.

Use your judgement, gained from experience, to establish if a service user requires assessment by a medic or possibly hospital admission.

To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in the community in their chosen setting or return to this on discharge.

To react pro-actively in cases of service user crisis and put in place immediate plans to resolve the situation.

To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills established through training and experience to impart sensitive information e.g., This may also be necessary when English is not the first language.

To use skills established through training and experience to give and receive information, adhering to the Caldicott guidelines, to other individuals with regard to a service users care in reviews andmulti-disciplinary meetings.

To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards and provide specialist OT reports relevant to practice setting.

To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service users care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record.

Supervise and monitor the entries made by sector members through performance management and audit.

To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and procedures.
To adhere to the Trust Policy on Confidentiality.

In line with local guidelines review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.

To provide effective guidance, supervision and appraisals for junior staff as required.

Training Staff & Student 1. To lead in the induction, training of students and other staff both within or external to the Trust.

To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service development within your team, leading on delegated projects within your team.

Professional Development 1. To demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.
To participate in the implementation of the Trusts PDP process for all staff in your sector.

Service Governance, Quality, Standards

To contribute in the Trusts Directorates and teams service governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice standards.

To apply national guidelines/ legislation relating to health and social care in mental health service provision.
Ensure that work is conducted in line with Trust Equality and Diversity policy, reporting incidents and complaints as required.
To tackle unsatisfactory performance promptly and constructively in your sector, liaising with Team Manager.
To participate in the investigation process regarding the disciplinary procedure and service users/carer complaints.

To co-ordinate the day-to-day activities of junior staff where applicable. To undertake research and/or audit projects relevant to OT and/ or service area, disseminating findings at local level.2. To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.

Post graduate accredited study e.g. PSI, CBT, MSc in relevant health studies.

Previous experience in relevant health settings
Recovery Model of Care
Safe Guarding Children
Mental Health Act 1983
Relevant national policies and guidance
Vulnerable adults guidelines
Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services.
Risk management training

Flexible approach/ creative thinking
Effective leadership qualities
Ability to network and influence decision making
Team Building skills

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
William House, Rathbone Hospital