Community Occupational Therapist (B5-B6 Development Role)
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and be part of our dynamic Occupational Therapy service. This is a developmental post, starting as a Band 5 with the view to develop you to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist.
As a service, we have developed innovative ways of delivering occupational therapy in the NE Hants Community Mental Health Recovery Services to support people in their individual recovery journey, including a variety of occupationally focused programmes. The post constitutes a 50% delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions and a 50% of care coordination/lead professional for people with occupational needs.
The post will include delivering both individual and group occupational therapy interventions within a clear care pathway including Occupational matter, Recovery through Occupation, and New Horizons.
Student OTs waiting for registration are encouraged to apply.
Main duties of the job
We use the Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, coordinated 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 focused interventions and specialist group therapy.
This post is suitable if you have had previous experience of working in mental health, 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 dedicated to providing 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 actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration
* Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent
* Band 6: additionally Completion of Fieldwork educators' course
* Knowledge and interest within Adult Mental Health Sector
Experience
* Experience in Adult Mental Health
* Experience in Community Services
* Band 6: Experience as a supervisor
* Experience with having students/apprentices
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.
Salary: £31,469 to £47,084 a year (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata.
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