A Vacancy at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Mental Health Liaison Team, a Psychiatric Liaison Service which works out of three Acute hospitals in Coventry, Nuneaton and Warwick.
We have been success in securing funding to recruit to a fixed term/secondment band 7 OT clinician to join our expanding multidisciplinary team to enhance our service in line with the NHS 5 year Forward View for Mental Health to achieve a CORE 24 service.
This will include facilitating initial community follow- up in line with CORE 24 objectives.
We would particularly like to hear from Occupational Therapist with a background in Adult Mental Health/ Learning Disability and/or Older Adults Mental Health.
We are strengthening our team and are looking for a skilled, motivated and compassionate practitioner and looking to offer a more responsive and comprehensive service than ever before for people who attend A&E or are receiving care in an acute general hospital. You will need experience of working with people across a broad spectrum of mental disorders including people who self-harm or who are in mental health crisis or experiencing mental disorders associated with ageing.
Successful candidates will be joining our well established and supportive team of experienced Clinical practitioners: Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Support Workers and a Clinical Trainer to support new staff joining the team.
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
We are looking for practitioners with Professional registration in allied health professionals, you will need a demonstrable level of clinical experience, and to be an excellent communicator and a good team player. You will need to be passionate and committed to delivering a service to a high standard, as well as being able to work in partnership with other teams and services including the Acute Trust hospitals.
MHLT work 365 days a year and offer a 24 hour service to the Acute Trust hospitals. The Band 7 OT post will require to work Monday to Friday.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Mar 2025