Specialist Occupational Therapist - Bridgend, United Kingdom - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Bridgend, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Permanent

Description

Job summary

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Older Person's Mental Health CMHT

The post-holder will be required to provide an assessment and rehabilitation service to service users referred. The post-holder will be required to work in both in the service user's care homes and in the community but will also have access to the health board's therapy departments and Local Authority premises if required. They may also carry out assessments on the wards at the referring hospitals in order to facilitate the well-being of service users and may take the lead in facilitating safe, early supported discharge.

The post-holder will be required to deliver on a range of performance indicators including:

Reduction in length of stay

Improving independence

Delivering and monitoring accredited competency based training Calderdale

Supporting the achievement of competencies by Health and Social Care Support Workers

The post-holder will assess the ability of service user to undertake a Occupational Therapy intervention programme with a support worker. The post holder will liaise with families, carers and advocates as well as the Multi-Disciplinary Team (for example, DGH, Primary Care, Local Authority and third sector organisations). The post-holder will co-ordinate an intervention programme and will liaise with the MDT and long term care providers if these are required.

Main duties of the job

Use the Occupational Therapy process autonomously in various settings, including lone working in the community and in service users' homes.

Manage a defined caseload in providing an assessment, intervention and rehabilitation service to people referred to the team

Use evidence based practice/service user centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in hospital and community settings.

Maintain clinical records according to local and professional guidelines.

Develop expert skills and knowledge through an agreed personal development plan.

Provide leadership for junior and support staff through supervision and allocation of work.

Supervise students as an accredited practice educator who adheres to the requirements of the defined standards of practice and supervision.

Provide evidence based training and delivery of competency based practice to the support staff.

Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team involved with the provision of health and social care services to service users. This will include hospital staff, care managers, 3rd sector organisations and primary care.

Contribute to the review and development of Older Persons Mental Health Occupational Therapy services.

Develop local networks with other teams providing similar services, contributing to the wider professional network.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

We listen, learn and improve

We treat everyone with respect

We all work together as one tea

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications /Training

Essential

Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Post graduate training/ accreditation in fieldwork education

Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council

Evidence of commitment to CPD

Desirable

Membership of professional body

Post-graduate training in motivational interviewing, goal planning

Management qualifications ILM

Skills

Essential

Able to present and interpret data

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance

Well developed written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate in a way which will neither offend nor antagonise

Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills for caseload management, including time management and prioritisation skills

Ability to work independently with individuals

Computer literate and able to use software packages/internet

Demonstrable clinical reasoning skills, and able to make effective clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases

Ability to negotiate with others where opinions differ

Desirable

Evidence of effective teaching skills

Evidence of delivering competency based learning

Education

Essential

Post graduate clinical experience with sufficient experience in area of older persons mental health

Experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical mental health settings

Experience of effective one-to-one and group interactions

Experience of research and audit

Experience of applying professional theory to practice

Experience of delivering training and education to support staff

Experience of supervision

Desirable

Awareness of current professional issues

Ability to use reflective practice based on current evidence

Experience of advising/teaching other professions

Experience of presenting information to a variety of audiences

Experience in an acute setting and/or the community

Experience of cross organisational working

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of broad range of mental health conditions.

Knowledge and understanding of factors which can influence discharge planning including: cognitive, physical, psychological and cultural

Knowledge and application of principles of clinical governance and risk management

Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working

Detailed knowledge and understanding of professional ethics/standards and code of conduct, and their application in practice

Health and safety awareness

Knowledge of issues relating to health records and the ability to apply this ( Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act)

Evidence of critical appraisal/analytical thought.

Knowledge of graded therapeutic interventions.

Desirable

Knowledge of standardised and non-standardised assessments that can be used with service user group

Knowledge of national drivers for health provision for service user group Setting the Direction, Together for Mental Health, Living well with Dementia, Mental Health Measure, Nice Guidelines, NSF

Interest and involvement in quality, audit and service evaluation

Understanding of the theory and practical application goal orientated approach

Circumstances Mobility/Availability-special attendance requirements

Essential

Ability to be mobile around geographical patch

Physical Requirements and attributes

Essential

Physically fit to undertake duties moving service users/equipment,

Any other special requirements not covered by 1-7 above

Essential

Commitment to service user centred, non-discriminatory practice

Desirable

Wide range of interests.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Willingness to embrace innovative working practices cross organisational boundary working

Ability to appraise own performance and identify areas for own personal development

Able to make positive use of clinical supervision

Professional confidence and ability to work autonomously

Approachable and considerate

Reliable, conscientious and hard-working

Ability to establish rapport quickly with service users

Embrace change and new developments

Enjoys using own initiative and is self-motivated, innovative and creative

Ability to work flexibly and respond to unpredictable, challenging work environments to help the needs of the service

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