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We are searching for a 30 hours per week Registered Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join us on Beech Ward based in Torquay, Torbay Hospital. Beech ward is a 16 bedded inpatient Mental Health Ward that supports primarily older adults with functional mental health difficulties.
We warmly welcome Band 5 applicants who have a desire to lead an Occupational Therapy service on Beech Ward. The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced multi-disciplinary team.
At Beech Ward, we pride ourselves on being a dedicated, passionate and skilled team, driven by the motivation to improve the lives and mental health of older adults.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team in a service that has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC. Working alongside the Nursing Team, and within the MDT, you will ensure that service users receive a high standard of person-centred care which enables them to recover in a timely way.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Inpatient Occupational Therapist, your responsibilities include:
* Assessing and treating a specialist caseload of clients within the ward.
* Act as clinical OT within Beech Ward, ensuring effective planning and delivery of the service and manage a small team.
* To ensure supervision of OT staff within Beech to ensure a high standard.
* Contribute to the development of high quality occupational therapy service through the professional clinical governance frameworks including audit.
* Provide professional advice and expertise to the Beech multi-disciplinary team.
* Report to Beech Ward Manager and OT Manager any OT and or professional issues and any operational issues.
About Us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion.
Minimum Requirements
Experience:
* Substantive post-graduate experience working in a range of mental health settings.
* Experience of supervising a range of people.
* Experience of leading service development.
* Experience of working within mental health inpatient Services.
Qualifications:
* Diploma / Degree Occupational Therapy.
* Further training, short specialist courses to Masters equivalent level.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Beech Unit, Torbay Hospital, Lawes Bridge, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7AA
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/
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