The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team based at Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich are seeking ambitious Senior Occupational Therapists to join our existing team.
Our diverse team, ranging from assistant practitioners to advanced nurse practitioners, offers the opportunity to develop your skillset while learning from senior clinicians in a varied occupational therapy role.
We're proactive and skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in Norwich and surrounding areas who are presenting in crisis. We're passionate about providing alternatives to hospital admissions, so you can expect to undertake rewarding, intensive work.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist within the team, you can expect a range of responsibilities including shift coordination, triaging, assessments, and working in home treatment within a community setting without solely holding a caseload.
We split the team geographically and take equal responsibility for caseloads, so you will not hold one independently. It is important to recognize acute presentations and have a good understanding of the local mental health system.
If you enjoy working with high-risk cases and are looking to develop as an autonomous, confident practitioner, then we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
When you join us, you can expect support in building your competence in assessment, with a minimum of a two-week local induction and a core competency framework to develop your assessment skills using evidence-based practice.
We host regular reflective practice sessions, training days, and wellbeing workshops, as well as clinical and management supervision. CRHT is quality improvement-focused and has regular interfaces with a range of teams, both internally and externally, including a focus on outreach with primary care.
The shift pattern is long days, 3 per week, including night cover, with 4 days off. We can offer the opportunity to rotate if this is of particular interest.
About us
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations and are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, and you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich. Our villages, towns, and cities are full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, dining, top-ranking schools, and affordable house prices.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:
* Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
* FREE Yoga and Pilates
* Cycle scheme for tax-free bikes and accessories
* Support with revalidation
* We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma / Degree in OT
* HPC state recognition
* Clinical supervisor qualification or willingness to work towards it
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Delivering group-based interventions and supporting service development
Skills
* Ability to deliver OT assessment/treatments
* Group work skills
* Able to manage time and reflect on clinical practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 gross per annum.
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