Mental Health Occupational Therapist Band 5

3 weeks ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a compassionate, reflective, recovery-focused Occupational Therapist to support patients in their recovery whilst in the inpatient wards at Wedgwood House, Bury St Edmund's.

The successful applicant will work alongside the Senior Occupational Therapist at Abbeygate Ward. Abbeygate Ward looks after older people in West Suffolk who have a physical health need and a mental health need. Some of the inpatient beds on Abbeygate Ward are for the care of people with dementia. They would also be a part of the Therapy Team, comprised of Psychologists and Peer Support Workers, who seek to offer evidence-based interventions to enhance recovery, reduce the length of admission, and enhance the person's mental health.

You will provide care to service users. You will liaise with relevant mental health professionals throughout the patient journey. You will be required to document within the electronic patient record. You may be required to carry out lone working, however, the wider team would be able to support where required. You would be required to support in therapeutic engagement, supporting service users with their basic care needs and liaising with families and carers as appropriate.

Mental health is an incredibly privileged and rewarding career which brings with it the chance to make a huge difference to people's lives. We want to recruit people who can join our trust and bring with them fresh ideas and fresh ambition with experience in mental health.

Main duties of the job

As the post holder, you will apply an understanding of graded challenge and exposure, education/vocation goals and functional assessments to support the service user to engage in meaningful activity and increase function, skill, enjoyment and well-being, through group and 1:1 sessions. You also be expected to complete Activities of daily living assessments to support the individual's rehabilitation, either BY identifying needs or developing strategies to meet these needs.

You would ideally be well informed about the Green Light approaches and be understanding and adaptive to meet the needs of the neurodivergent population that we often see within the hospital.

This post will include providing specialist support, knowledge and advice to inpatient teams, community team members, and relatives/carers who have identified a service user's needs.

We have strong Occupational Therapy Team links with West Suffolk Hospital. Our OTs have always been welcomed at a wide range of additional training and team meetings. Our post holder would be able to attend any meetings and training in order to strengthen their understanding of Occupational Therapy and to maintain their evidence-based practice and CPD hours.

You will respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of clients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Benefits included with this role are:-

NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service gym membership NHS discounts and many more.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Professional Registration with Health Care Professionals Council

Experience

Desirable

Working clinically in a Mental Health setting

Skills

Essential

Crisis management Clinical Assessment

Knowledge

Essential

Specialist Knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy Assessments and interventions relevant to this client group

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