Senior Occupational Therapist - Eating Disorders B6 ETT

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced occupational therapist to work in our Enhance Treatment Team services department. This is an Onsite role Monday to Friday

You will require a good understanding of how eating disorders impact on individual's lives and be able to work to promote recovery as defined by the service user. You will bring core skills of an OT using standardised assessment and outcome measures.

There is a strong emphasis on group and individual work focused around social inclusion and recovery. The post holder will be expected to deliver interventions which are contextually relevant and may be carried out in a variety of settings relevant to the service user. The ability to work flexibly is required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to contribute to service development and hold an interest in clinical outcomes and research. You will be encouraged to participate in this as part of your CPD.

We offer excellent opportunity for professional and clinical development both within the trust and Eating disorder service.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave
• Work life balance
• Career development

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

For a full list of our benefits please visit:

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf

We look forward to receiving your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.

To manage a caseload as agreed with Head OT

To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the service user's physical and social environment as needed.

To work with service users in the community in a way which actively promotes their social inclusion an recovery.

To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary

To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to / implement core decisions with regard to service users care programmes

To undertake the supervision and appraisal of junior staff as delegated by a senior member of staff

To demonstrate the ability to / undertake to initiate, plan and implement the induction, training and education of students and other staff

To actively participate in and be responsible for relevant planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within service area and corporate OT as required.

Co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff, Technical Instructors and volunteer staff where applicable

To engage in and develop or broaden research skills through involvement in local audit and research projects

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Occupational Therapist

Desirable criteria

• Membership of OT professional body and / or special interest group

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
• Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)
• Experience of supervising junior staff and students

Desirable criteria

• Experience of specialist Mental Health settings - eating disorders
• Experience of meal support for those with an eating disorder.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group
• Ability to manage own workload / work autonomously and determine priorities

Skills

Essential criteria

• Training and facilitation skills
• Effective / high level verbal and written communication skills

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Senior Occupational Therapist - B6 ETT (PDF, 744.5KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)