An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Therapy Team on Snowdrop Ward.
The unit has a large multi - disciplinary team who undertake in patient assessments of individuals with organic mental health issues.
You will be working as part of the multi-disciplinary team – providing specialist assessment and treatments to people with organic mental health problems.
Using a person-centred approach, you will:
• Provide leadership within occupational therapy, deputising for senior staff when required.
• Be responsible for development and monitoring of treatment programmes.
• Review and evaluate the treatment programmes, within the remit of the post and maintaining safety discussing any areas of concern with the senior staff.
• Undertake specific home assessments as required and when appropriate to need.
• Responsible for delegated caseload–liaising across services and disciplines, signposting to allied agencies as patient need dictates.
• Effective communication – verbal, nonverbal and written, ensuring liaison with others involved in the patients treatment and written within the patients record and cascading of information to staff.
• Be responsible for maintaining competency to practice and professional registration, complying with RCOT code of ethics and professional conduct.
• Adhere to the code of practice for Registered staff (DCHS).
• Contribute to the effective day to day running of the service, planning and organizing workload for self and non-registered staff.
• Provide professional supervision, appraisalsand training for non-registered staff and students as appropriate.
• Be expected to contribute to the wider Occupational Therapy workforce within OPMH and across DCHS.
Derbyshire Community Health Services has been rated as an ‘outstanding’ trust by the Care Quality Commission; we have achieved this by providing high quality patient care within an inclusive organisation that works together and shows care and compassion for each other.
There has never been a more exciting time to join us as one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country – one that is also among the very best NHS employers as voted by its own staff and by CQC.
At DCHS we also offer:
• Up to 33 days’ holiday each year plus Bank Holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Flexible working options
• One of the best Pension schemes in the UK
• Free parking at all of our sites
• A fair mileage and lease car scheme
• Supported study leave
• Staff health & wellbeing programme
• Access to Health Service Discounts
• Annual flu vaccination
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This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025