We are delighted to offer a rare and exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Community Learning Disability Team in North and West Hampshire.
You will be part of a well-established Occupational Therapy team working within a dynamic, supportive, multidisciplinary team (MDT), delivering high-quality person-centred care to adults with learning disabilities in community settings.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated Occupational Therapist looking to develop their skills in a varied and rewarding role.
Location - North & West Hampshire
Base - Cromwell House, Winchester and Tatchbury Mount, Calmore.
Essential - Car driver and use of a car for work purposes
As an Occupational Therapist, you will:
*Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support adults with learning disabilities.
*Carry out holistic assessments and interventions in community settings, including service users' homes and day services.
*Support individuals to develop and maintain independence and meaningful participation in daily activities.
*Mitigate the impact of learning disability and health needs on the service user's quality of life.
*Contribute to care planning and risk assessment processes.
*Work in partnership with carers, families, and external agencies.
*Maintain accurate clinical records and documentation.
*Participate in supervision, training, and ongoing professional development.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
*Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
*Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
*Understanding of multidisciplinary team working
*Good communication and interpersonal skills
*Ability to work flexibly and independently
*Motivation to learn and develop within the role
*Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes
*Experience working with people with learning disabilities.
*Previous experience in a community healthcare setting.
*Effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to liaise effectively with other agencies including families, carers, education, health professionals etc. to deliver interventions in a holistic way.
*Good personal organisational skills.
*Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
*Word processing and IT skills.
*Training and presentation skills.
*Knowledge and ability to apply OT process to community learning disabilities.
*Ability to apply OT models to learning disability practice.
*Ability to apply Mental Capacity Act and make best interest decisions. relating to consent to Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention.
*Demonstrate knowledge of Safeguarding processes.
*Demonstrate an understanding of own role in the Quality & Governance of own practice, and the practice of the team.
*Ability to carry out risk assessments and develop risk management plans.
*Ability to work effectively as part of a Multidisciplinary Team.
*Sensitive approach to service users and carers.
*Good listening skills.
*Flexible approach to working with service users and carers using reasonable adjustments as appropriate.
*Commitment to lifelong learning.
*Application of a clear value base of status and respect, social inclusion, community presence, independence, rights and choice.
*Experience of organising own workload.
*Experience of learning disabilities or working in the community.
*Completion of Band 5 preceptorship.
*Experience of being a Practice Educator.
*Awareness and ability to follow the Care Planning Approach (CPA).
*Ability to use Electronic Patient Records.
*Ability to apply knowledge of current legislation relevant to learning disabilities.
*Ability to use augmentative communication methods.
*Use of relevant occupational outcome measures.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Tara Reffell - Lead Occupational Therapist North
tara.reffell@nhs.net
02382311730
Agenda for Change
Band 5
Permanent
Part-Time, Full-Time
348-MNH-11425
Cromwell House 15 Andover Road Winchester Hampshire SO23 7BT