Occupational Therapist

4 days ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent & Medway Nhs & Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

Job summary Are you an experienced occupational therapist, with a passion for working with people who are experiencing acute mental illness, within an inpatient setting?
Would you like to be part of an innovative model of care, which places therapy at its core?
Therapeutic staffing promotes person-centred care by focusing on recovery, through the provision of multidisciplinary team-working to increase psychological approaches and therapeutic activity.
Occupational therapists are recognised as essential, core members of the multi-disciplinary team and are in the forefront of developing recovery and therapeutic interventions.
Main duties of the job You will be responsible for providing occupational therapy assessments, treatment and advice and will have the opportunity to work within a dynamic and creative environment.
You will work closely with the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist and Ward Manager to implement and provide a therapeutic programme that supports the use of activity to aid recovery and enables timely and sustained discharge.
You will have responsibility for a small team of multi-professional staff, providing supervision, support and leadership on a regular basis.
You will also support the ward activity and shift leadership, as well as undertake shared team tasks that support the overall needs of service users.
About us Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey.
We are rated "Good" overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Job description Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification Previous relevant experience and relevant qualification.
Essential 3 years experience Desirable Special interest Experience of working with people experiencing mental health and learning disabities Essential previous roles Desirable Previous inpatient experience HCPC & BAOT registration Essential HCPC registraion Desirable Member of BAOT



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