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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

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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

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Ref: 267-BM6914120 Vacancy ID: 6914120

Occupational Therapist - Clinical Specialist - High Wycombe

Closed for applications on: 31-Jan-2025 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 31-Jan-2025 00:00

Location

Site: Saffron House
Address: Easton St
Town: High Wycombe
Postcode: HP11 1NH
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro-rata with additional Incentive Scheme 2 of £3,500
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 7)

Specialty

Main area: Older Adult Community Mental health - Dementia specialist

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To develop and lead the Occupational Therapy provision into the older adult CMHT services in Buckinghamshire.
To undertake occupational therapy assessment of clients with a range of mental health needs with a particular focus on supporting patients and families with dementia.
Select, undertake and interpret the outcome of occupational therapy assessments for people whose mental health and cognitive problems impact on their occupational performance and functioning.
To provide Occupational Therapy leadership and clinical supervision to Occupational Therapists working within the older adult CMHT’s
Take a leading role in the development of Occupational Therapy services or specialist programmes for older adults.

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role

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

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

Knoweledge Requirements

Essential criteria

Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by further training, short specialist courses to masters or equivalent level.
Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience of mental health disorders in older adults
A good understanding of mental health needs of older adults with dementia and assessments and treatments
Strong knowledge and skills in assessing risk and developing safety/management plans

Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional

Essential criteria

Occupational Therapist with Dip RCOT qualification or BSc in Occupational Therapy
Current and up to date registration with relevant professional body- HCPC.
Practice Educator Training

Desirable criteria

Qualification in management and leadership

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience and evidence of promoting the role of Occupational Therapy
Substantial experience as an Occupational Therapist working in a mental health, learning disability service or relevant field of practice.
Experience of caseload management of complex conditions & cases.
Substantial risk assessment and management skills of self-harm/risk/crisis management/safeguarding
Experience of delivering clinical supervision for registered and non-registered staff, including students.
Experience of providing high quality assessments and interventions for older people with mental health needs and or dementia

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Able to communicate complex condition related information to patients, families/carers and colleagues.
Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients
Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
Highly developed communication and team working skills and ability to work with a range of other professionals and agencies.
Able to manage a caseload, set priorities and work with members of a multi-disciplinary team.

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Meredith Gamble

Job title

Team Manager

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

01865 901309

Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 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.