Job summary
Join our innovative and passionate Occupational Therapy team and make a real difference in the lives of adults with autism.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to further develop their leadership and specialist clinical skills within a supportive service.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to lead our adult autism services. You will lead the clinical provision of occupational therapy services within the autism acute support team and community autism service. You will be delivering high quality care as part of multi-disciplinary services.

As part of the wider directorate you will have opportunities to link with other occupational therapists with clinical supervision provided from the Directorate Lead Occupational Therapist.

Main duties of the job
To actively support the Directorate Occupational Therapy Lead in the overall development of the OT service within the ALD Directorate to demonstrate the effectiveness of providing high-quality assessment and intervention to adults with Autism.

To manage a complex clinical caseload, including positive risk taking and managing high risk/ crisis.

To be responsible for ensuring clinical provision in the Adult Autism services is evidence based and is compliant with professional guidance.

About us
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

Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
To actively support the Directorate Occupational Therapy lead in the overall development of the OT service within the ALD Directorate to demonstrate the effectiveness of providing high-quality assessment and intervention to adults with Autism.

To manage a complex clinical caseload, including positive risk taking and managing high risk/ crisis.

To be responsible for ensuring clinical provision in the Adult Autism services is evidence based and is compliant with professional guidance.

To work as a member of the autism MDT, in partnership with others e.g. service users, carers, and relevant family members, in a variety of settings and alongside the Acute Care/inpatient services and the Community Mental Health Services, to provide person centred assessment, intervention and provide specialist OT advice.

To contribute to the assessment of adults with suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder, as required.

To work independently and without direct supervision

To be an OT specialist and have an indepth knowledge of OT assessment and interventions for adults with autism

To provide leadership to OTs working with adults with autism

To represent Occupational Therapy at a Directorate Level in relevant forums and management meetings

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust wide OT service

To develop, monitor and evaluate t standards for OT practice within the services.

To contribute to implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects/audit/research that develop the clinical effectiveness of OT provision for autistic adults, sharing findings and statistical information as required in a timely manner.

To work closely with other OT clinical specialists across the Trust

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for furtherdetails

Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential

• Diploma/degree/MSc in OT
• UK HPC Registration
• Evidence of post graduate training to MSc level of equivalent level of experience

Experience
Essential

• Extensive experience as an OT within NHS settings
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of clinical leadership including supervision
• Experience of clinical leadership including supervision
• Experience of applying and interpreting standardised assessments

Skills/ abilities/ knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of the potential impact of autism on occupation
• Knowledge and application of theory, frames of reference and models of practice in occupational therapy
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials

Desirable

• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).