About this role
Job summary
An exclusive career development opportunity has arisen for a motivated Band 5 Occupational Therapist ready to step up, or an established Band 6 seeking a dynamic pivot into advanced mental health practice. This secondment will support you in fast-tracking your skills, clinical leadership and specialist assessment skills within a progressive multidisciplinary team.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Please note, Visa Sponsorship in unavailable for this post.
Main duties of the job
To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service. To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice. Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously. Managing a case load of service users who have complex needs. Being flexible and responsive to competing demands. Promoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice. To ensure assessment of service users and analyse and interpret information gained to form an accurate formulation of function, strengths, capabilities and occupational needs. To work collaboratively with service users, staff, and carers to identify goals to determine and deliver an appropriate intervention/recovery plan which maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence. To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions in order to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.
About us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role and requirements.
Person Specification
Training Essential
A recognised Occupational Therapist professional qualification Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Trained as a Practice Educator
Experience Essential
Experience of individual & Group Interventions Ability to make decisions and work co-operatively as part of an inter-professional team Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
Desirable
Ability to use technology such as Teams, Email, BI and RIO
Knowledge Essential
An understanding of the broad aims of current national and local healthcare policy and an appreciation of the implications of this on clinical practice
Desirable
Experience of use of outcome measures and data to demonstrate efficacy to an MDT
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.
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 Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address Gregory House, St Martins Hospital, Canterbury, CT1 1AZ
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury
CT1 1TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)