We are seeking a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor. The post holder will be a member of the wider Occupational Therapy (OT) team and will contribute to the provision of occupational therapy services. You will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to enable service users on the Male Psychiatric intensive care ward, to reach their recovery potential and develop the skills necessary to manage their occupational needs. OT Technical Instructors work with both individuals and groups and contribute directly to the Seven Day Therapies Programme including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
To manage own workload
To work independently under the supervision of a registered OT as a member of the MDT
Use technical, creative and psychosocial skills to assist in providing therapeutic activities for individuals/groups of service users
To take responsibility for leading on the development of service user projects
Communicate with service users/carers
Provide feedback on therapeutic activities to supervisor, OT colleagues and MDT
Have an awareness of social inclusion and skills development and ensure activities used focus on these objectives
To undertake additional delegated responsibilities as directed by OT supervisor.
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

• To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of ward, department or community based therapeutic activities.
• To use technical, creative, psychosocial and daily living skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence, wellbeing and social inclusion
• Under supervision of a registered OT, facilitate/co-facilitate planned group work and individual activities
• Contribute to formal OT assessments of service users under the guidance of a registered OT and provide feedback on service users occupational functioning

Under supervision assist and support service users to achieve their goals
To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatment of service users and adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the service users
To assist in the implementation, evaluation, and modification of OT interventions
Under the supervision of a registered OT, develop and implement specific socially inclusive projects to meet the needs of service users.
To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the servic

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