Occupational Therapy Assistant

3 weeks ago

Bradford, United Kingdom Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and, as much as possible, tailored to an individual’s needs.

Are you passionate about working with people and looking for a new and exciting challenge to develop your skills within an inpatient mental health care setting? A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our well-established team at Lynfield Mount Hospital.

The vacancy is based on Clover ward (mixed PICU), caring for patients aged 18-65.

As an Occupational Therapy assistant, you will work as part of the OT team to support therapeutic activities both in groups and 1:1. You will also support specialist clinical assessments and support patients to work towards a meaningful recovery. This is a specialist role and is very important in ensuring our patients have a positive and therapeutic experience whilst they are in hospital. Risk management and the ability to develop therapeutic and professional relationships are also important aspects of the role.

Under the direction of Senior and Clinical Practitioners (Occupational Therapy), carry out occupationally focused interventions based on specialist occupational assessment including individual and group work.

Takes leadership from Assistant Practitioners and Senior/Clinical Practitioners within a delegation framework for agreed tasks. This will include supporting with a clinical caseload within the service.

Ensure high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals.

Ensure patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by treating all patients, family, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity and courtesy in accordance with Trust values.

**Closing Date**: 16th June 2024

**Shortlisting Date**: 17th June 2024

**Interview Date**: TBC

**Everything we do is underpinned by our core values**:
- We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

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