Charlton Lane Hospital has 48 in-patient beds and provides an assessment and treatment service for the population of Gloucestershire. The OT teams at Wotton Lawn and Charlton Lane Hospitals work closely together and close contact is also maintained with community services.
Provide specialist Occupational Therapy to service users with severe / complex mental health needs and / or learning disabilities. (80% of time to be engaged in clinical based work).
Deputise for senior occupational therapy staff as required.
Provide evidence based, occupational therapy assessment and intervention to optimise the service users' ability to engage with their environment in line with the principles of social inclusion and recovery.
Provide training and support of primary and secondary health care professionals, social care providers and families to enable them to better meet the occupational needs.
Responsibility for providing and prioritising specialist occupational therapy provision to inform safe and effective discharge planning.
Responsibility to ensure prioritisation and provision of all statutory occupational therapy input, including risk assessments, specialist assessment of complex needs and discharge planning.
Working in the persons own pre and post discharge living environments, hospital therapy suite and ward environments, including communal and bedroom areas.
Responsibility for prescribing equipment and other therapy resources arising from assessment of patients' needs.
Work flexible hours to meet service needs.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the /Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
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