occupational therapist Woking, England
Job description
The PIPE (Psychologically Informed Planned Environment) services at HMP Send form part of the national Women’s Offender Personality Disorder Pathway. These services include a Progression PIPE, Preparation PIPE and PIPE outreach. The Progression PIPE is an Enabling Environment and since this was last awarded the Preparation service has been established.
We currently have an exciting vacancy for a committed and enthusiasticOccupational Therapistwith experience of working within a secure environment. You will be working with women serving sentences or on remand, many of whom have experienced traumatic and disadvantaged backgrounds. You must have a desire to provide and develop high-quality services for women residing within the PIPE services and be well organised and motivated.
Good time management skills and enthusiasm for developing knowledge and skills specific to this population are key. You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and require excellent communication skills to manage relationships with partner agencies.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Band 7 looking for a rewarding post with scope for onward development. We would also welcome applicants looking to develop for a Band 6 to band 7. We are able to offer a 18 month development preceptorship programme, with progression upon the completion of agreed objectives. Please do get in touch if this is something that you would like to consider.
Work as an independent OT practitioner with women presenting with complex & challenging needs who reside on thePsychologicallyInformedPlannedEnvironment units, engaging in the PIPE Outreach service & those where referral to PIPE may be considered.
Working within the MDT to provide a comprehensive service to women with personality disorder resident on the PIPE units & to contribute to ensuring the PIPE is a successful environment. Working as part of a team supporting women in their own location, through the PIPE Outreach service.
Lead on the planning & delivery of enrichment activities & a therapeutic social setting & to an Enabling Environment as defined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The Progression PIPE is an established Enabling Environment currently & continues to work towards maintaining its award.
Work with the wider OPD Pathway to integrate careful selection of assessment tools & interventions with personal recovery principles which will engage individuals in activities & occupation, encouraging the development of 'surviving & thriving' skills & knowledge.
Apply a high level of understanding of the impact of mental & physical health conditions; providing training & advice on lifestyle changes & adaptations.
Work with the Clinical Lead to continue to develop & deliver a comprehensive OT Service within a preparation & progression PIPE, including assessment, intervention & evaluation which is underpinned by an evidence base & personal recovery principles.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
- Monthly supervision
- Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
- Preceptorship Programme
- Support and guidance with Revalidation
- Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
- Health and wellbeing services
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Relocation package
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Clinical
- To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for individuals within the prison setting in order to establish and meet their occupational needs.
- To apply clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches.
- To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches with prisoners within the PIPE unit
- To support service users and colleagues to ensure that care plans are developed in partnership with the individual and that they reflect ‘recovery goals’. These should be strengths-based and oriented towards reinforcing a positive identity and developing valued social roles.
- To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals.
- To work collaboratively with all professionals within the PIPE unit in developing care plans and risk assessments for prisoners.
- To support individuals to develop skills and knowledge; and engage with community partner agencies, to facilitate successful transitions from the prison environment to the community.
- To proactively undertake and ensure rigorous risk assessment & risk management strategies are applied. To ensure maximum ‘risk tolerance’ facilitates the individual’s recovery, in line with risk policies and local guidelines.
- To demonstrate excellent communication skills and form positive therapeutic relationships using warmth and empathy which enable service user empowerment.
- To establish and maintain effective communication networks with service users, with complex learning, emotional and behavioural needs, prison colleagues and external agencies in order to ensure a comprehensive and consistent approach to client care.
- To provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, condition related or distressing/unwelcome information to service users and professionals demonstrating empathy and reassurance.
- To demonstrate skills and resourcefulness in communication when barriers to understanding are present, including utilising interpreting resources.
- To promote the added value of the role of OT within the prison setting; to service users, the MDT (within the prison and the Trust) and other agencies.
- To actively participate and provide appropriate clinical feedback in MDT clinical meetings, risk management planning, case conferences, SUI Reviews and any other service development initiatives.
- To develop and maintain robust partnership working with other OTs; and other statutory and non-statutory providers.
- To confidentially handle and liaise regarding sensitive issues and information with other services such as HM Prison Service and local authorities.
- To attend and contribute to Team clinical and business meetings.
- To ensure timely, accurate and informative records of clinical assessments, interventions and contacts are recorded on SystmOne and prison recording systems which meet all standards, according to Trust policy, CQUIN targets, Health and Justice Indicators of Performance, and all relevant Trust or NHS England KPIs.
- To provide timely, comprehensive, clearly written occupational therapy reports on service user’s assessments and treatments.
- To complete statistics and provide timely returns as appropriate.
- To comply with and implement relevant national policy legislation and guidance taking a lead on translating such documents into occupational therapy practice.
- To apply national and Trust wide guidelines/standards of practice; in line with Trust and the College of Occupational Therapists’ standards and guidelines.
- To work with the service line framework to implement the care quality agenda.
- To act as an autonomous clinician, assuming accountability for own clinical practice.
- To maintain and observe confidentiality of all information relating to service users as detailed in the Confidentiality Policy and Caldicott Principles; and to adhere to CNWL Information Governance Policy.
- To input on the planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the PIPE unit Groups and enrichment activities.
- To liaise with staff in the CNWL Recovery and Wellbeing College.
- To explore relationships with external partner agencies who contribute to meeting the individual’s occupational needs.
- To safeguard the health, safety and welfare of service users at all times.
- To encourage and support MDT colleagues to practice within a personal recovery framework which supports social inclusion and self management.
- To contribute as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, to the delivery of operational service/team objectives.
- To offer occupational therapy/professional advice to other MDT service colleagues as indicated.
- To manage the effective use of physical resources and supplies in collaboration with Lead Occupational Therapist
- To participate in the operational planning and implementation of policy and service development.
- To develop local protocols with regard to specialist OT knowledge and practice.
- To review and implement existing policies impacting on prison OT specific working practice.
- To participate in local and Trust-wide OT service activities that promote and contribute to the building of knowledge and evidence base for the benefit of the professional body of occupational therapy. To include making use of the support networks available throughout the Trust and Women’s Offender Personality Disorder Pathways (OPD Pathways) which have been established in partnership with the UK Centres for Outcomes in Research & Education (UKCORE) forums and sub groups; and MDT team training sessions.
- To undertake, participate in and disseminate research and audit activities in line with local service priorities and the Trusts OT R&D Strategy.
- To promote within the MDT a culture that focuses on all service users’ occupational needs, recovery principles and social inclusion.
- To keep abreast of changing occupational therapy clinical practice, new developments, evidence based practice and research; to ensure competence as an autonomous practitioner in the MDT.
- To lead on the delivery of activities which continue to build on a culture of, shared learning and evidence based practice.
- To undertake activities of Continuous Professional Development including identifying own learning needs and recording learning outcomes in a portfolio.
- To lead on, and contribute to, the building of knowledge and evidence base for the benefit of the professional body of occupational therapy e.g. link forums, R&D clinical sub groups etc.
- To assume personal responsibility for maintaining a working knowledge of new statutory guidelines that influence clinical practice, and ensure all information is shared with the team.
- To ensure own and others timely booking and attendance of mandatory and statutory training. Failure to do this may preclude further learning and development opportunities.
- To maintain a professional knowledge base and act as a resource to others regarding specialist areas of expertise i.e. occupational therapy, health promotion, recovery and social inclusion.
- To review and reflect on own occupational therapy performance through effective use of professional supervision, operational management supervision, CPD opportunities and annual appraisal; ensuring own learning and development needs are identified.
- To deliver learning and development opportunities to OT students, where necessary.
- To assume responsibility for co-ordinating the comprehensive induction of new staff and students.
- To apply expert skills and knowledge to demonstrate professional competence and fitness to practice as an occupational therapist; as required by the Health and Care Professions Council.
- To comply with the COT Code of ethics and Professional Conduct, HCPC Professional Standards and CNWL NHS Foundation Trust Policies.
- To maintain an awareness and working knowledge of other professionals ethical guidelines within the Team to enable ethical inter-professional working.
- To maintain knowledge of national and international legislation that affects clinical practice.
