About this role
Job summary
Surrey and Borders is looking for an Occupational Therapist who delivers high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessments, interventions and consultations to enable people who access services to reach their full potential.
Location: Berkeley House, 11-13 Ockford Road, Godalming, GU7 1QU
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday from 9am to 17pm
Main duties of the job
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, co-ordinated CPD programme including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference. Staff is valued for their expertise in occupationally focussed interventions and specialist group therapy.
This post is suitable if you have had previous experience of working in mental health, you want to consolidate your knowledge of occupational therapy and be involved in delivering high quality, evidence based, outcome measured occupational therapy interventions. This post also gives you an opportunity to develop skills in care coordinating service users with an occupational therapy focus and being part of the assessment team.
If you are creative, committed to lifelong learning, good at using your initiative and are committed to providing a high-quality occupational therapy with recovery on your agenda, then apply today.
The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Overview1. To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.2. To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.3. To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.4. To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators, and therapy assistants (as appropriate)5. To provide occupational therapy student placements.6. To contribute to service development and audits.7. To take on the role of lead professional for individuals care as appropriate.
The job will be within our Waverley Neighbourhood Mental Health service and be working across Serious Mental Illness/Complex Emotional Needs and Frailty/Later life pathways, The postholder will be expected to work flexibly to support the provision of the OT care pathway across the locality.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Occupational Therapy Professional Qualification HCPC Registration
Desirable
Completion of a Fieldwork Educators' course
Experience Essential
Relevant Clinical Experience Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
Desirable
Experience of contributing to service development/project work Experience as a supervisor Experience of group facilitation Experience working with the elderly
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Address Berkeley House, 11-13 Ockford Road,
Godalming,
GU7 1QU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)