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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- Warneford Hospital
- Warneford Lane
- Headington
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7JX
- Contact Number
- 01865 901000
Senior Occupational Therapist
Closed for applications on: 30-Oct-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 30-Oct-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Samuelson house, Banbury or Slade house in Oxford
- Address
- Tramway road or Horspath Driftway
- Town
- Banbury or Oxford
- Postcode
- OX16 5AU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (could also be a secondment)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
Salary
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Community Occupational Therapist Learning Disabilities
- Interview date
- 08/11/2024
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Oxfordshire LD Team as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist on a part time fixed term contract or secondment. There are two bases to choose from in Banbury and Oxford.
The successful applicant will provide assessment and develop bespoke interventions for a caseload of service users with a learning disability with complex needs, using evidence based / client centred approaches and delivered in accordance with HCPC and College of Occupational Therapy (COT) requirements.
You will be joining one of two friendly multi-disciplinary Oxfordshire teams who are committed to ensuring that the health needs of individuals with a learning disability are equitably met.
Oxford Health has a strong Occupational Therapy leadership team who regularly offer training and OT away days. The LD OT team meet regularly to offer peer support, CPD opportunities and training.
You will receive regular individual supervision, training and support within this role to help transfer your skills and develop competencies in this specialist field.
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Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based / client centred approaches.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
Play an active role in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services.
Provide leadership for junior staff.
You will work as an Occupational Therapist within the Learning Disability multidisciplinary team contributing to the delivery of care pathways for Autism, Challenging Behaviour, Mental health, Epilepsy, Dementia and Complex health. The role will involve carrying out Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment as well as contributing to service developments and supervisory roles within the team.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.
Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
· Excellent opportunities for career progression
· Individual and Trust wide learning and development
· 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
· NHS Discount
· Pension scheme
· Lease car scheme
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Mental Health First Aiders
· Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
· Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role please see the full job description and person specification in the document section.
- All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/diploma in OT
- Registered with the Health and care professionals council (HCPC)
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Specific training to contribute to the service
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of MDT working
- Significant experience of managing a caseload
- Experience working with people with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health problems
- Experience in recommending equipment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as an OT with people with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health problems
- Experience of supervising
Skills and Values
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Evidence of a person centred approach to meet individual needs
- Evidence of good MDT working
- Evidence to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Evidence of excellent personal organisational skills
- Evidence of service developement
Desirable criteria
- Experience producing accessible documents/reasonable adjustments
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beck Taylor and Jenny Rafferty
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapists
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 903500
- Additional information
Team Manager - Mandy Cox- 01865 903500
At Oxford Health we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
No longer accepting applications
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