Clinical Occupational Therapist

OverviewOxleas NHS Foundation is part of the South London Partnership (SLP) Forensic Programme with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George''s NHS Trust as an NHS England New Model of Care. The aspiration of the SLP is to strengthen the interface between the forensic acute inpatient men''s service, enabling a smooth transition and improved experience in South London by actively linking with prison healthcare. Oxleas is seeking a Band 6 Clinical Occupational Therapist to be based at the Bracton Centre in Dartford, Kent. The Band 6 OT will provide occupational therapy assessment, treatment and interventions individually and in groups, with responsibility for providing clinical supervision of junior colleagues and students. The post holder will work with both individuals and groups and contribute directly to the Seven Day Therapies Programme on average one in four weekends, either a Saturday or Sunday on a rota basis.

Responsibilities

Provide OT specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work related to self-care, work and leisure

Work as a member of the multi-professional team

Manage a clinical caseload

Support the development of evidence-based OT practice

Contribute to service development

Participate in research and audit activities

Provide OT advice to the multi-professional team

Work independently without direct supervision

Supervise the work of junior staff including OT students on clinical placement

Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans

Provide OT assessment and interventions for the service user group

Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust-wide OT service

Work within the social inclusion and recovery agenda

Attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust

Maintain and update a CPD portfolio

About OxleasOxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children''s centres, schools and people''s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary''s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We\''re Kind

We\''re Fair

We Listen

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