Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
We are currently looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Younger Adult occupational therapy Inpatient team at St Martin's Hospital. You will lead up an occupational therapy team on one of our wards, being part of the MDT, supporting & developing therapeutic interventions and providing occupational therapy assessment and treatment.
This is an exciting time as we move forward with a new integrated ward model promoting therapeutic interventions, supporting recovery and improving patient experience.
Occupational therapy is valued as a core part of the MDT and the post holder will be working in a team with a variety of professionals. There is an opportunity to develop skills in occupational therapy as well as wider team functions.
The right candidate should be able to support junior team members and take a lead in the management of the occupational therapy work across the team with another band 6 colleague and the OT clinical lead.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an occupational therapist with experience, skills and an interest in working with service users who have complex mental health needs on an inpatient setting. You must have some experience of working with mental health service users as a qualified practitioner. We are looking for a practitioner with good communication and liaison skills who is forward thinking and enthusiastic regarding innovative ways of working.
You will be part of a group of occupational therapists within the larger team and will be supported by a lead occupational therapist. You will also have the opportunity to provide supervision and support to junior occupational therapy staff as well as support workers.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and the main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registered
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Trained as a Practice Educator
Experience
* Experience completing OT assessment and group work skills
* Experience working in mental health
* Experience of managing a caseload
* Experience of delivering clinical supervision
Knowledge and Skills
* Team working and with other professionals
* Developing other staff including preceptees
* Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
* Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
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.
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