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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust is a Foundation Trust providing services for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Child & Family and Adult Community Services for the county of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The Trust is at the leading edge of practice development with a range of innovative projects. We achieve excellence through harnessing the quality, energy and initiative of our staff who are our most valuable resource and are supported with opportunities for education and personal development.
The Trust is committed to:
- Putting service users at the centre of our work
- Partnership and the need to work closely and in tandem with a whole range of individuals and organisations, including services users, carers and staff
- Promoting responsibility and accountability through devolving and empowering local management and clinical leadership
- Efficiency and the need to provide effective services
- Quality, providing services at the best level of quality within the resources available
Community Occupational Therapist
Closed for applications on: 26-Sep-2023 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 26-Sep-2023 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Banham House
- Address
- Boundary Rd
- Town
- Bodmin
- Postcode
- PL31 2QT
- Major / Minor Region
- Cornwall
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month maternity cover post.)
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Community Occupational Therapist
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to work with the Dementia Older Adults Mental Health (DOPMH) services in North Cornwall. This post is for 12 months fixed term , 32 hours per week, to cover maternity leave.
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team. The successful applicant will have experience of working with adults with complex needs in a community setting. We work with people with a diagnosis of dementia and also functional mental health illness (age over 75) in their own homes, or in a residential or nursing care home.
This post is advertised as being based at Banham House, Bodmin, however this post covers two teams, the Camel DOPMH team, based at Banham House and the Valency DOPMH team, based at Elfordleigh Mental Health Resource Centre in Launceston.
The the successful applicant can choose which team office to be based from.
You will part of a comprehensive MDT, comprising of Consultant psychiatrist , Memory assessment nurse , Community psychiatric nurses, Senior mental health practionner, Health care assistants and Dementia liaison nurse.
Proposed interview date: TBC
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As part of the Multi Disciplinary Team you will provide person-centred, skilled and effective specialist assessment, intervention, monitoring and review for designated individuals who are eligible for the DOPMH Service. You will be responsible for the maintenance of high levels of evidence- based learning disability practice, contributing to and facilitating Care Processes and Pathways.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – HCPC
- Professional qualification – OT
- Specialised knowledge of working with older adults with dementia/ functional mental health illness.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities using specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Highly skilled in use of standardised assessments and professionally recognised non-standardised assessments
- Able to use reflective practice and clinical supervision to provide high quality and specialist assessments and interventions
- Evidence of training, teaching and supporting other staff in an MDT or multi agency setting
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Enhanced communication and excellent interpersonal skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayney Henwood
- Job title
- Locality Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07900607395
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