Senior Occupational Therapist

3 months ago

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

Job summary

Interested in Forensic Mental Health and looking for a new opportunity?

Experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist who is passionate to provide excellent care to service users?

Would you like to work in an innovative and supportive team?

If so, our Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist role is the post for you.

The successful post holder will be supported with regular supervision, a yearly appraisal and many CPD opportunities including a robust in-house training programme, peer support sessions, and ongoing learning opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The FCMHT outreach service aims to bridge the gap between inpatient and community services, providing a smooth transition across the care pathway.

You will be working alongside a team which includesregistered Occupational Therapists (Band 7 and Band 6), an Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner and Peer Support Worker. The outreach team are embedded in the Norfolk and Suffolk FCMHT along with Psychiatrists, Mental Health Practitioners / Care Coordinators, Psychologists and Psychology Assistants, Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners and Senior Community Workers, and Physical Health Practitioners.

Occupational Therapy staff from the FCMHT outreach team lead on the development and provision of occupation focused aspects of team delivery, specialist occupational assessments, as well as support for, and supervision of, other members of the team.

The post holder be required to engage with the wider multi-disciplinary team and to work across agencies to deliver packages of care in the role of occupational therapist. They will require a good knowledge of Occupational Therapy input into risk assessment & risk management and be able to work well with service users with complex mental health needs and a forensic / offending history.Standardised clinical tools based on the Model of Human Occupation will be utilised where the post holder has identified their appropriateness using specialist knowledge, including occupational formulation.

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 professional 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

The successful post holder will be supported with regular supervision, a yearly appraisal and many CPD opportunities including a robust in-house training programme, peer support sessions, and ongoing learning opportunities.

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed view of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma / Degree in OT HPC state registration

Desirable

Relevant post graduate training courses

Experience

Essential

Post registration experience in mental health. Experience of MDT working

Desirable

Experience working in a range of mental health settings. Supervising students / staff.

Skills

Essential

Ability to deliver OT assessment / treatment with designated client group. Ability to work under pressure, manage own caseload and prioritise.

Other

Essential

Ability to travel independently.

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