Main area Forensics and Specialist Services Directorate Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 380-FR0520-C
Site Trevor Gibbens Unit Town Maidstone Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/04/2025 23:59
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Job overview
Previous applicants need not apply
Join our dynamic Forensic Occupational Therapy Team at KMPT!
Are you an innovative, compassionate, and recovery-focused Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? We are looking for a Band 6 OT to join our established Forensic OT team at the Trevor Gibbens Unit (TGU) – a medium secure hospital providing specialist care for adults with complex mental health needs and forensic histories.
You’ll be working across specific pathways with patients detained under the Mental Health Act, supporting their recovery journey, trauma-informed care, and risk-sensitive practice.
What we offer:
* A supportive and experienced multi-disciplinary team
* A strong Occupational Therapy identity with access to regular supervision and CPD opportunities
* A service underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and evidence-based practice
* Opportunities to deliver both 1:1 and group interventions tailored to individual goals and needs
* A focus on patient-centred care, skill development, and preparation for transition or discharge
About you:
* HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist
* Passionate about forensic mental health and recovery-oriented practice
* Skilled in assessment, planning and delivering occupation-focused interventions
* Confident working within the MOHO framework
* Able to manage risk within a secure environment and contribute to robust clinical documentation
* A collaborative practitioner who thrives in a multi-disciplinary team
Main duties of the job
* 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 that maximises occupational engagement and performance whilst balancing risk, and promoting choice and independence.
* To monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic interventions to measure progress and increase efficacy for the best possible service user outcomes and experience.
* To act as an experienced clinician supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance and professional standards
* To demonstrate clinical leadership skills through the management of dedicated projects and approved quality improvement initiatives
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.
Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
* A recognised Occupational Therapist Professional qualification
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.
* Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
* Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Experience
* Significant experience in mental health OT
* Extensive case work experience of working with mentally ill clients
* Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
* Experience of delivering clinical supervision
* Experience of developing learners and staff in the work place
* Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
* Experience of working within forensic mental health
Knowledge and Skills
* Knowledge of MoHO and assessment tools or appropriate model of practice
* Ability to make decisions and work collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team
* Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including, but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
* Proficient in all forms of communication
* Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources
* Ability to prioritise own work effectively and to be able to guide others
* Knowledge of offending behaviour and mental illness and the effects
* Knowledge of current trends in occupational therapy and the treatment of people within secure services
* To be able to prepare and deliver presentations and teaching sessions
Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that’s up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave
Dependent on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave
This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non paid leave for career breaks
Staff Support
KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities
In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus
At the Trust we really value our nurses and the skills they bring. To recognise this we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums
A variety of staff network forums which empower, support and encourage network members and allies, to reflect KMPT values and promote equality and diversity.
Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, the list goes on………!
Probation Period
New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we can ALL be ourselves.
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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