Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist - Mental Health Inpatients 

Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes 

Salary Range: £68,437.82  to £76,236.77 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Full time/Part Time: Full Time 

Term Time only post: No 

Advert Closing Date:28/01/2025 

 

 

Whatever you want from your career, you have the scope to find it here. We foster a work approach based on mutual support and collaboration, where everyone feels empowered to empower others. You’ll find countless opportunities to learn, develop and grow a rewarding career where we recognises the importance of your personal and professional well-being. By considering moving internally across the Public Service, you'll be proud of what you can achieve – both for yourself and the people of Jersey.

Job Overview

 

Join our dedicated inpatient team in Jersey , where we are committed to providing exceptional mental health care. Our mental health wards are focused on creating a supportive and therapeutic environment for our patients. As a Senior Occupational Therapist in our mental health wards, you will play a vital role in supporting patients and their families during challenging times. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to assess, plan, and implement effective social work interventions aimed at improving the well-being of our patients to support them retuning to the community.

 

We are looking for an experienced occupational therapist who has a genuine interest in working to support the recovery of people at the most vulnerable and complex stage of their mental health recovery including dementia assessment & care.

 

For an informal conversation, please contact Olivia Card on o.card@health.gov.je

 

Job Purpose

 

As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, the post holder will be expected to lead on Service Development, Quality Initiatives, Audit and CPD. There will be the opportunity to educate and support staff and students via supervision, appraisals, In-house team training and regular placements to OT students. Leadership skills and experience of people management are considered desirable for this post

 

This role will provide an opportunity for the post holder to continue to inform and shape the ongoing practice and development of occupational therapy within the ward environment. While working clinically on a ward to offer OT assessments and care planning. 

Statutory Responsibilities

 

- OT Professional Qualification and HCPC registration.

- Evidence of training and development relevant to specialist Mental Health OT practice.

- Evidence of training and development relevant to the acute mental health and dementia setting.

- Evidence of continuing professional development.

- Field Work Educator accreditation.

- Excellent written communication skills.

- Specialist knowledge and experience of occupational therapy assessments and interventions, applicable to the setting.

- Ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload across inpatient services.

- Ability to analyse and respond efficiently to complex information / situations.

Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2

 

1. Assess, develop interventions and monitor needs for a range of highly complex conditions within the mental health setting. This includes specialist evaluation, diagnostic services, advice and training to clients, families and other professional staff on the management of physical and mental illness, injury or disability, prevention of deformity and deterioration, management of a client's environmental factors, vocational and educational opportunities and leisure activities. Undertake the role of care co-ordinator within a health and social services context, encompassing all required to assess for long term care benefit, and negotiate specialist care packages including budgeting.

2. Interpret, share, implement and monitor Government and National policies, standards and guidelines within specialist area to ensure that work is conducted in accordance with organization/service policies and within health and safety regulations.

3. Work as part of the multidisaplinary team on the wards with service users that may benefit from OT intervention, and providing subsequent comprehensive, holistic assessment using a variety of specialist clinical skills and individual intervention including prescription of Rehabilitation programmes and therapeutic activities in order to promote maximum independence of the client.

4. Maintain appropriate and timely service users records of assessment, intervention and progress to monitor effectiveness of intervention, to facilitate treatment planning and long term client management and to support the ongoing evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the service to inform departmental planning purposes.

5. Act as a mentor and provide regular clinical supervision to OT staff, including those employed from locum agencies. Manage, advise and support qualified staff, trainees and support staff to ensure they receive the training they need to deliver their roles to the best of their abilities and to support their continuing professional development.

6. Support the appraisal of the service's performance, identifying unmet needs, investigating complaints relating to professional practice, implementing the use of outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the service and interpreting and actioning developments in OT practice in order to make recommendations and contribute to organisational changes to improve the service.

Person specification

 

The successful candidate will need to be skilled and knowledgeable in occupational therapy assessment and intervention, passionate, and keen to take on new challenges and innovations.  They will be able to work effectively within the multidisciplinary team, providing clinical expertise, and direct support and direction with team based clinical interventions, initiatives, and management of the ward environment. They will be required support the Senior II OT’s and Social Activity Coordinator staff within the Inpatient wards.

 

Quality improvement involvement and occupational therapy related post graduate training at master’s level will be supported for this role.  Training and experience in Sensory Integration would be advantageous, as a key knowledge base informing reasonable adjustments and emotional regulation needs. Audit and outcome measured project experience would be advantageous.

Qualifications

 

Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy, current registration with the Health & Care Professions Council, and be registered as an Occupational Therapist under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995.

Knowledge

 

- Highly specialized and practical knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice, assessments and treatment approaches in area of specialty (i.e. Model of Human Occupation, Occupational Performance Model, Sensory Integration, Postural Management, Accessible Environmental Design).

- Knowledge of Health & Social Care legislation and current practice.

- Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application/ implementation.

- Knowledge of Health Service development plans and of new and existing services, service innovations and sustainable health and social care initiatives.

- Good understanding of teaching/training others in dialectical behaviour therapy, safe handling and clinical supervision.

- Extensive and detailed knowledge of equipment, treatment modalities and adaptations.

- Understands how to disseminate information to a variety of settings/professionals.

Experience

 

- Eight years post qualification experience with three years experience in acute mental health care setting.

- Specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment.

- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management.

- Proven experience of people management, leadership, and supervisory skills. 

 

Across the Jersey public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities – to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.

 

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