We are offering an exciting opportunity for a creative, enthusiastic, and autonomous Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Haldon Eating Disorders Unit at Wonford House, Exeter.
This specialist adult service supports individuals with eating disorders through evidence-based, occupation-focused interventions aimed at enhancing engagement in meaningful activities to promote health, wellbeing, and community integration.
The Occupational Therapist will play a key role in specialist assessment and intervention, particularly around the occupation of food and social eating, and in supporting individuals to overcome barriers to participation through reasonable adjustments and adaptive strategies. The successful applicant will have experience working with adults with complex needs, and be confident in managing a specialist caseload, applying outcome measures, and contributing to multidisciplinary care. An interest or experience in sensory processing assessment and intervention is desirable.
The post also includes providing clinical supervision and support to junior staff, students, and apprentices, as well as contributing to leadership, service development, and research within the Occupational Therapy team and the wider Haldon Eating Disorders Service.
We welcome applicants with transferable skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
Main duties of the job
* Deliver specialist OT assessments and interventions targeting meaningful occupation, especially relating to food, eating, and social participation.
* Promote health, well-being, and community reintegration through occupation-focused approaches on an individual and/or group basis.
* Contribute to the multi-disciplinary team by offering specialist advice, be involved clinical discussions and collaborative working within disciplines.
* Provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, students, and apprentices.
* Participate in service development, research, and refinement of the clinical model.
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