Clinical Occupational Therapist

at  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

OVERVIEW OF THE POST:

HMP Elmley is a Category B / C men’s prison located in Isle of
Sheppey, Kent.
HMP Swaleside is a Category B men’s prison located in Isle of
Sheppey, Kent.
The post holder will work across the two prisons with other multi-disciplinary professionals to develop and revise the therapeutic programme and activity plans as necessary to meet the needs of different offender groups.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide one to one/ group interventions and therapeutic programmes in: Inpatient Department
In-call activity as required.
Contribute to the development and delivery of holistic care plans.
Participate in the service wide health promotion, education programme and activities.
Work to support pre-release and continuing care plans.
To manage a clinical caseload.
To support the development of evidence-based OT practice.
To contribute to service development.
To participate in research/audit activities.
To supervise the work of junior staff and students.
Contribute to and carry out risk assessment and management plans.
To provide specialist OT advice.
To work independently without direct supervision.
Oxleas 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
We Care

Management responsibilities

• Own clinical caseload
• Supervision and appraisal of junior staff
• Supervision of Occupational Therapy students
• Personal Continuing Professional Developmen