Mental Health Occupational Therapist

at  PRIMARY INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SERVICES

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• HCPC registered
• Occupational Therapy Qualification and Registration or equivalent.
• Experience working in Adult Mental Health
• Willingness to complete the HEI First Contact Practitioner Roadmap when successfully in post, you will be supported by the clinical lead to develop your primary care skills to succeed on the module.

ABOUT US

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us: http://picsnhs.org.uk/.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Occupational Therapy qualification HCPC registered occupational therapist.
• Post graduate degree or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of meeting the health needs of Adults with Mental Health underpinned by theory and experience.
• A teaching qualification (e.g., ENB 998/P126/127) or a proven track record in occupational therapy education is desirable but not essential.
• In depth knowledge of National and HCPC policies, procedures, code of conduct and standards of care in relation to service provision for adults with mental health.
• Post qualification experience of working collaboratively with statutory partners, third sector partners and families/carers.
• Knowledge of safeguarding adult and childrens procedures and the ability to take on a lead role in strategy meetings as and when required.
• Developed skills from a wide and variant background, experience and a broad yet deep knowledge base underpinned with a proven track record and/or an academically scrutinised knowledge base.
• Proven professional development, a profile that demonstrates, advanced clinical occupational therapy practice.
• Systematic understanding of how to manage a designated, complex, occupational therapy caseload (relative to primary care) using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing occupational therapy interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.
• Offer advanced consultation skills and developed specialist and generic knowledge to undertake comprehensive assessment of health and psychosocial care needs of patients with complex disease, including holistic assessment, gathering and interpreting information, performing tests and analysing results.
• Analytical judgement underpinned with specialist knowledge and experience is used to develop evidenced based holistic personal care plan with patients, carers, relatives and health care professionals based on a full assessment.
• Provide evidence based written information, ensuring easy access to advice and information for patients and their carers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft and GP practice data monitoring systems.
• Ability to write comprehensive clinical notes, implement and evaluate care plans.
• Provides specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care
• Participate in the education, induction programmes and support meetings for other professional staff.
• Monitor own performance by reflective practice and identify training and educational needs.
• Regular self-direction of learning needs.
• Maintain up to date mandatory training records.
• Identify the potential benefits of, and participating in, educational programmes for patients and their relatives/carers.
• Address specific health targets e.g., NHS Plan, National Service Frameworks related to own area of practice through education
• Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and individual health professional requirements.

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGMENT SKILLS

• Ability to analyse and interpret complex, dynamic, and incomplete information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend appropriate course of action to address emergency issues in unfamiliar contexts.
• Demonstrate a high level of reflective practice and competence in clinical reasoning and decision making based on evidence-based OT practice.
• Analysis of and ability to work across organisational boundaries within health and social care and with wider community partners.
• Make a judgement on whether clients have the capacity to give informed consent seeking additional advice when necessary. It is desirable to have extensive risk assessment experience including use of the Mental Health or Mental Capacity Act.

PLANNING AND ORGANISATION SKILLS

• Responsible for planning and managing their own workload.
• Work independently as an Enhanced Practitioner to manage own complex caseload.
• Plan and organise specialist occupational therapy provision and adjust as required.
• Promote, develop, and implement clinical standards and good practices both in care delivery and appropriate record keeping.
• Represent in the absence of the Clinical Team Lead as appropriate.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be working as a Mental Health Occupational Therapist within the GP surgeries in Nottingham West Primary Care Network. You will clinically manage patients who are experiencing mental health difficulties working autonomously to assess and develop appropriate management plans to support and improve their daily functioning. Part time or full time working would be consider with a minimum of 22.5 hours to a maximum of 37.5 hours.
You will be joining an established team of thriving Mental Health Occupational Therapists within Nottingham West PCN and the wider PICs team, who have recently presented their successful service to HRH Princess Anne. https://youtu.be/e8nHBOwzZzs?si=alf9IuN3mu-PkJTL The PCN have also set up successful group programmes alongside Mental Health and Well-Being Coaches.
You will be an integral part of the Nottingham West Mental Health Team including the Mental Health Team Lead and a Mental Health OT, as well as three Mental Health and Well-Being Coaches. You will also have support from our Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead who is on the PICS Leadership Team.
Nottingham West PCN covers 12 GP surgeries in Broxtowe (Eastwood, Stapleford and Beeston) and 109 000 patients. We have an active social prescribing team, a health a wellbeing coach and close links with the local leisure centres and the wider community, as well as clinical teams who work with GPs to support the patients in the area.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• The ability to take a lead role in completing autonomous advanced assessments, triage and treatment of acute and chronic presentations for patients with mental health concerns attending primary care.
• To help patients identify their needs and make shared decisions about management using current evidenced based practice.
• Liaise with Primary Care colleagues to ensure that all the patients needs are addressed.
• Support Primary Care colleagues development in the best treatment and onward management strategies by attending meetings, delivering educational sessions and supporting PCN Practitioners.

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PATIENT/CLIENT CARE

• Following the completion of a comprehensive core assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence-based programme of care based on formulation, including to those with complex needs/challenging behaviours.
• At all times work in collaboration with patients and carers ensuring that the patient is treated with compassion, respect and dignity.
• Manage distress and conflict in the day-to-day work with patients who, as an expression of their condition/ diagnosis, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours.
• Provide effective care and therapeutic interventions to patients presenting with a range of difficulties. To engage in active relapse prevention planning with patients and carers, contributing to their recovery and/ or wellbeing and discharge planning.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to patients/carers and practitioners of other professional disciplines, less experienced staff, voluntary organisations and the public.
• Recognise and anticipate situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients and their carers and advise and treat on the promotion of health and the prevention of physical/mental and behavioural deterioration.
• Assist patients to develop Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), or equivalent, including determining problems, identifying goals and setting individual objectives.
• Work flexibly to meet the needs of the PCN which may regularly include working extended hours. This is pre-agreed with the surgeries if you require to work Enhanced Access.
• Demonstrate flexibility in the role. This may involve working across clinical pathways to support the needs of the service, whilst ensuring the delivery of high-quality care at all times.