Band 5 Occupational Therapists - London, United Kingdom - Atlantis Medical

Atlantis Medical

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Location:
London

Start Date:

ASAP

Working Pattern:
Full Time

The Client
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve

Our values are:

We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting serviceusers and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

The Role
Ward based Occupational Therapist holding a full caseload on a 17 bedded ward within a low secure forensic unit. To carry out OT process, assessing individuals from the point of admission, identifying appropriate and relevant intervention. To work closelywith the ward team and Occupational Therapy department. Clinical work includes 1:1 and group work, with responsibility for the ward based OT group provision.

Skills & Abilities

Essential
- oDiploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
- oState Registration

Desirable
- oMember of RCOT
- oFurther training in relevant area

Experience

Essential
- oPrevious experience in a clinical mental health setting, learning disabilities setting and/or demonstrable experience highly related to the clinical field
- oExperience of CPD and role development
- oExperience in a forensic setting or working with offenders
- oExperience of supervising unqualified / junior staff

Knowledge and Skills

Essential
- oClinical reasoning skills to assess service users' needs (including risk assessment) and guide interventions.
- oGood organisational and time management skills
- oAbility to manage distressing clinical interactions with service user's with severe personality disorder.
- oAbility to deal with conflict on a clinical
- oWord-processing/IT skills
- oAbility to manage a clinical caseload under supervision
- oGood interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed with service users.
- oAbility to prioritise activities in relation to clinical work.
- oAbility to liaise with other services around clinical issues.
- oTo have knowledge of the impact of long term conditions such as mental health or learning disabilities on occupational functioning (self-care, productivity and leisure) and performance components (inter/ intra personal, cognitive, physical) with particularreference to working in a forensic setting.
- oTo have knowledge of Recovery based approaches and co-production principles.

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