Senior Occupational Therapist

1 week ago


Basingstoke, United Kingdom Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Are you an Occupational therapist wanting to work within Mid Hampshire? The division is passionate to provide patient centred care and rehabilitation within the population's own environment. Teams are responsive, well led and caring providing guidance to patients, relatives, carers and staff.

Calling for inspirational band 6's (development Band 6 opportunity) to apply to either:

UCR's: Responds to urgent case management and recovery, self-management, and adoption of a coproduced approach with patients. This role delivers care to people at risk of hospital admission in their own homes. The service runs all week, all year.

Adult Mental Health: Have a multi-disciplinary approach to support patients with enduring mental illness at home. The occupational therapist will support the service to optimise admission into the pathway exploring ability to function. This may include assessment, goal focused work, and care co-ordination.

Community Therapy Teams: A team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and support staff, providing domiciliary rehabilitation to the population. The Occupational Therapists work with patients in their own environment with a functional focus to improve their quality of life.

Within all teams you will have the opportunity to develop clinical, leadership and communication skills supported by well-established multi-disciplinary teams. You will have the chance to be innovative and creative, part of service development and student education.

Main duties of the job

Mental Health Teams:

To provide occupational therapy interventions for referred clients using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. This could include group work (supporting shared care/duty) and 1:1 intervention.

Physical Health Teams:

To provide advanced clinical and professional Occupational Therapy to the Community Therapy Team, and to provide support to the Integrated Community Care team leaders in ensuring that the team contributes to the implementation of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Clinical Governance Strategies.

Please see full job description for further details

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy Registration with HCPC Post graduate level study/training. Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools or models of practice.

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