Community Occupational Therapist - Assertive Outreach South
Are you looking for a new challenge or ready to move your career to the Community setting? Are you passionate about providing excellent care to older people? If so we have an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking Occupational Therapist at Weavers croft to work with our service users in the Assertive outreach team. This Community Mental Health Team covers a diverse area of Stroud, Cirencester and the South Cotswolds, therefore the ability to travel independently is essential.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player with good communication skills and the willingness to learn and develop in this exciting field of mental health.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist evidence based Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to a defined caseload underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation.
Your role will enable you to provide specialist Occupational Therapy to service users with severe and complex mental health needs either on an individual basis or within groupwork. You will also act as a Care Co-ordinator to a number of service users who have a high level of occupational need and will be supported to develop your clinical skills and knowledge to cover Duty and triage referrals into the team.
We welcome applications from newly qualified individuals.
You will be provided with a comprehensive induction and supported and supervised by a senior colleagues within the team as well as a Band 7 clinical specialist Occupational Therapist. You will also have opportunity to partake in a regular countywide Occupational Therapy Continuing Professional Development forum.
You may already have the necessary skills and experience to work autonomously in the community, or this may be your first community post.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
Contact: Michelle Millicheap, Manager, michelle.millicheap@ghc.nhs.uk, 0300 421 3464
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