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Specialist Community Occupational Therapist, Leicester
Client: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
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Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 9804be42373f
Job Views: 5
Posted: 14.03.2025
Expiry Date: 28.04.2025
Job Description:
Job Overview
Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We have a number of vacancies within the Occupational Therapy team, created as part of the successful growth and development of the Occupational Therapy service. The successful candidates will be managed and supervised by senior Occupational Therapists.
The vacancies are in the following locations:
* Full Time; City East CMHT (based at St. Peters health and social care centre)
* Part Time; Charnwood CMHT (based at Loughborough Hospital)
* Part Time; South Leicestershire CMHT (base to be confirmed within area)
We can be flexible to meet the needs of potential candidates; however, the minimum hours accepted for these posts are 22.5 hours.
This is a really exciting time to join LPT and our Neighbourhood teams, to expand the Occupational Therapy service delivery across Leicester and Leicestershire.
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the Trust’s values in everything you do in the work environment and live up to the LPT Pledge, being responsible in the use and expenditure of the Trust’s resources that you utilise.
The post holder will be responsible for their own practice and accountable for all aspects of the Occupational Therapy (OT) process (info gathering, assessment, treatment planning, intervention, evaluation, and discharge planning) as appropriate to patient needs. They will assist team/clinical/operational leaders in the organisation and coordination of the service provided.
The post holder will manage their own time constructively and prioritise clinical workload working with patients on a 1:1 basis or in a group. They will work in partnership with team leads, managers, and other practitioners in the effective management of referrals, case prioritisation, and care coordination within clinical care pathways. They will work effectively with members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team and other related agencies to ensure a needs-led service is maintained.
As a specialist clinician, the post holder will utilise, develop, and enhance Occupational Therapy clinical and professional skills within the Service to deliver high standards of practice. They will apply the Occupational Therapy process within a Multi-Disciplinary format providing specialist assessment and treatment in clinical care pathways. They will take a lead in developing the Service, promoting high-quality clinical practice and ensuring professional standards are maintained in the workplace. The post holder will deliver a specialist Occupational Therapy Service to patients within a variety of settings, requiring flexibility/adaptability in recognising the complexity of these environments to maximise their abilities and opportunities for occupational wellbeing.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours, and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants; please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs, the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual and deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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