Job Description

We are looking for an experienced occupational therapist to work in our Enhance Treatment Team services department. This is an Onsite role Monday to Friday



You will require a good understanding of how eating disorders impact on individual's lives and be able to work to promote recovery as defined by the service user. You will bring core skills of an OT using standardised assessment and outcome measures.



There is a strong emphasis on group and individual work focused around social inclusion and recovery. The post holder will be expected to deliver interventions which are contextually relevant and may be carried out in a variety of settings relevant to the service user. The ability to work flexibly is required.



The post holder will be expected to contribute to service development and hold an interest in clinical outcomes and research. You will be encouraged to participate in this as part of your CPD.



We offer excellent opportunity for professional and clinical development both within the trust and Eating disorder service.



Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.



We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave



Work life balance



Career development

Other benefits include:

Counselling services



Wellbeing events



Long service awards



Cycle to work scheme



Season ticket loan



Childcare vouchers



Staff restaurants

For a full list of our benefits please visit:

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf



We look forward to receiving your application.



To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments for a designated caseload, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.



To manage a caseload as agreed with Head OT



To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service user using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals



To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for service users with multiple needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.



To demonstrate and apply a broad level of understanding of the effect of disability and recommend adaptations to the service user's physical and social environment as needed.



To work with service users in the community in a way which actively promotes their social inclusion an recovery.



To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary



To effectively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to / implement core decisions with regard to service users care programmes



To undertake the supervision and appraisal of junior staff as delegated by a senior member of staff



To demonstrate the ability to / undertake to initiate, plan and implement the induction, training and education of students and other staff



To actively participate in and be responsible for relevant planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within service area and corporate OT as required.



Co-ordinate day-to-day activities of junior staff, Technical Instructors and volunteer staff where applicable



To engage in and develop or broaden research skills through involvement in local audit and research projects