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

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Job summary

Previous applicants need not apply

Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new role and wanting to make a real difference? 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. This is a clinical post. You will be joining an established team of clinical psychologists, psychological therapists, dieticians and specialist nurse. 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. The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with a range of complexity and need. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for clients with eating disorders. 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.

Shortlisting 15th April 2024

Interview 23rd April 2024

Main duties of the job

The post holder will effectively manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. 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. The post holder will maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies and contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT Service.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 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.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. 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

Job responsibilities

Clinical 1. To work with clients to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan, using specialist mental health and OT assessment To plan and implement client centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of 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 To assess the occupational needs of a defined client group and establish and evaluate appropriate treatment To provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership within your 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 act as care coordinator (when required) normally for the more complex cases those service users subject to To monitor and offer professional advice and leadership to all team members with regards to their caseloads and working To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual. 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 To liaise with family members, carers and significant others as necessary when completing the assessment and developing a care plan. To be a point of contact for service users and carers that have concerns regarding their care, making every effort to resolve their concerns sensitively andpromptly, referring to and informing the Team Manager as 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. 12. 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 To lead the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users under the care of the sector you have responsibility 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 To monitor the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users by supervision of sector members caseloads and via 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 To use skills gained through experience to deal with service users who become angry, hostile or To ensure all sector members get appropriate support following violent incidents and liaise with the Team Manager to ensure any identified actions arising from such incidents are To participate in and/or lead service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical 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 To react pro-actively in cases of service user crisis and put in place immediate plans to resolve the situation.

Communication 1. To promote awareness of the role of OT within the MDT negotiating priorities where To ensure a seamless approach by liaising with other professionals as To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills established through training and experience to impart sensitive information , diagnosis or symptoms to service users and their To offer support to other staff to do To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress or psychiatric symptoms in service users or where there is resistance in staff. This may also be necessary when English is not the first 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. These individuals may be external to the Trust.

Documentation 1. 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 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.

Professional Ethics 1. To comply with the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and To adhere to the Trust Policy on Confidentiality.

Leadership, Supervision & Appraisal 1. In line with local guidelines review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal. 2. 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 To be responsible for the supervision and written assessment of OT students on practiceplacement within the To contribute to the provision of teaching sessions in order to pass on knowledge and skills

Service Development & Delivery 1. To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service development within your team, leading on delegated projects within your To provide reports and statistical returns to a variety of departments as requested.

Professional Development 1. To apply specialist skills and knowledge in order to establish professional competence and fitness to practise as a specialist To demonstrate ongoing personal development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes in a To participate in the implementation of the Trusts PDP process for all staff in your sector.

Service Governance, Quality, Standards

1. To contribute in the Trusts Directorates and teams service governance arrangements and quality agenda, including the setting and monitoring of practice To apply national guidelines/ legislation relating to health and social care in mental health service Ensure that work is conducted in line with Trust Equality and Diversity policy, reporting incidents and complaints as To tackle unsatisfactory performance promptly and constructively in your sector, liaising with Team To participate in the investigation process regarding the disciplinary procedure and service users/carer complaints.

Line Management, Staff, Budget 1. To be responsible for maintaining stock, advising on resources to carry out the To co-ordinate the day-to-day activities of junior staff where applicable. Research and Practice Development 1. To undertake research and/or audit projects relevant to OT and/ or service area, disseminating findings at local To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.

This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be reviewed in light of the changing needs of the Trust in consultation with the postholder.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

Desirable

Skills

Essential

Desirable

Values

Essential