Occupational Therapist

Job summary

The Occupational Therapist within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) provides specialist, recovery-focused assessment and intervention for individuals experiencing an acute mental health crisis. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder supports people to remain safely at home where appropriate, promotes independence, and helps individuals regain daily functioning, meaningful activity and community participation. The role involves assessing occupational needs, developing personalised recovery plans, supporting admission avoidance and facilitating successful discharge from acute services

Main duties of the job

The Occupational Therapist provides specialist assessment and recovery-focused intervention for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, supporting independence, daily functioning and community living while contributing to admission avoidance and effective discharge planning

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/about-us/getting-involved/work-with-us/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications.

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• oAppropriate demonstrable post-registration experience, including experience within mental health services or a relevant clinical area.
• oExperience of assessing occupational needs and delivering individual and group occupational therapy interventions.
• oExperience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and liaising with partner agencies.
• oExperience of supervising or supporting junior staff, students or support staff.
• oDocumented evidence of continuing professional development.
• oExperience of contributing to audit, service evaluation or quality improvement activity.
• oExperience across a range of mental health settings or crisis/community services.

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Practice Placement Educator qualification or willingness to complete required training.
• Willingness to undertake post-registration or postgraduate learning relevant to the service area.

Desirable

• Experience of contributing to audit, service evaluation or quality improvement activity.
• Membership of RCOT Community Section

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to the client group.
• Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures and their use in practice
• Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation, care planning processes and current mental health practice.
• Knowledge of recovery-focused, trauma informed and person-centred approaches to care.
• Applied knowledge of risk assessment, risk management and safeguarding within community mental health practice.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and safe lone/community working practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to practice, audit and service evaluation.
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues and apply professional standards to clinical decision-making.

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrable clinical skills in individual and group occupational therapy assessment and intervention.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and respond efficiently to complex and rapidly changing information.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage own caseload and seek supervision appropriately.
• Ability to build effective multidisciplinary, interagency and community working relationships.
• Effective problem-solving and clinical reasoning skills
• Presentation, teaching, training and facilitation skills
• Computer literacy and ability to use electronic clinical record systems.