Occupational Therapist

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist who has an interest in working in our Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) to join our Inpatient team at the Bennion Centre, Glenfield Hospital Site.

The service at the Bennion Centre predominantly provides input to individuals with a variety of functional mental health difficulties, but at times there is also the opportunity to work with individuals with cognitive issues.

The role provides variety within a mental health inpatient setting. Alongside providing assessment and treatment for mental health challenges, you will be able to use your physical health knowledge and skills, as well as groupwork and individual skills. Working closely with other AHP colleagues, nursing and medical staff.

The service offers regular supervision, appraisal and support from an established team of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Therapy Technical Instructors and Physiotherapist. If appropriate you will be enrolled on a preceptorship programme.

Having good tech skills would be a bonus as you will be using an electronic patient record and hopefully use other creative digital skills to support your work. Support will be given to get you up and running.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support
• Various Staff Support Networks

Contact Details:

Kate Morriss, ,

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

To provide interesting and varied occupational opportunities for individuals and within groups which supports comprehensive assessment in order to identify the most appropriate interventions. To understand the needs and challenges of older adults whilst promoting independence and engagement to improve both mental and physical health difficulties.

You will need to have a professional, patient and caring approach. Be keen to learn from and with others to improve practice and the wider service. Have excellent problem solving skills and adaptability to carry a caseload, with the support of a Band 6, and have a positive approach to collaborative working. Excellent communication skills are essential.

You must be a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist, ideally with some relevant skills in mental health, but we can work on these with you. Transferable skills, student and life experience will definitely be considered.

Please see the job description and person specification attached for more information.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.