Occupational Therapist (Rotational) Open Day
Job overview
Open Day - Saturday 18 May 2024
10:00 - 13.00
Highlands House, 10-12 Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN
Booking required.
West Kent Community Mental Health Teams
Are you a highly motivated and qualified Occupational Therapist?
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join an innovative Community Mental Health Rotation within the West Kent Locality working with Adults?
You will have the opportunity to consolidate your knowledge of occupational therapy and be involved in delivering high-quality, evidence-based, outcome-measured occupational therapy interventions. This post also allows you to develop skills in/as a lead health care professional, and assessment skills for mental health needs with an occupational therapy focus.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, coordinated CPD program including a robust supervision structure, action learning sets, communities of practice, core competence training and an annual conference. Staff are valued for their expertise in occupationally focused interventions and specialist group therapy. Opportunities to undertake further development such as enhanced practitioner apprenticeships, and other leadership programs and apprenticeships.
There is an opportunity for flexible working and part-time working.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit 5 Occupational Therapists for Band 6 posts which will offer 9-month rotations in the following areas:
* Maidstone Community Mental Health (Mental Health Together Plus)
* West Kent Crisis Home Treatment Team
* South West Kent Community Mental Health - older adult specialism (Mental Health Together plus and Memory Assessment Service)
* Community Rehabilitation
* Primary Care Mental Health (Mental Health Together)
We would like to invite you to attend our open day; this will enable you to see for yourself the excellent work that is carried out by our Community Mental Health Teams. You will get access to our site in Highlands House Tunbridge Wells and meet members of the team who can talk to you about the services they provide to the local community.
Anyone interested will be offered an interview on the day.
Facilities will be available on the day for applications to be made. However, if you submit an application form before the event this will help to save time on the day and for us to allocate an interview slot. Alternatively, bring an up-to-date CV and we will be able to interview you.
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, we would like to invite you to our Open Day on Saturday 18 May at Highlands House, 10-12 Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN. The session will run from Apply hours.
Booking is essential. To book the event or for further information, please contact Sue Willis Apply or Apply
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for Care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We have a limited number of spaces available at the event so booking is essential. To book the event or for further information, please contact Sue Willis, Business Administrator Apply or Apply
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).
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
* A recognised Occupational Therapist professional qualification
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Trained as a Practice Educator with experience of managing learners in the work place.
Desirable criteria
* Registered member of the relevant professional body and / or special interest group
* Evidence of post graduate development through formal postgraduate courses or experience
Experience
Essential criteria
* 2 or more years post qualification, Experience in clinical practice, holding a range of experience within a variety of settings
* Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of being involved in service developments or audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
KMPT Staff Benefits:
NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
Please see Apply. Apply /Pensions.aspx for more details.
Annual leave for Agenda for Change On appointment to NHS
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Recommend a friend campaign If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,
Flexible working Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave Dependant on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non paid leave for career breaks
Staff Support KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues n
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