Are you a passionate and dedicated Occupational Therapist looking for a rewarding opportunity? We are excited to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our team, We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our community mental health team based in Doncaster.
As an Occupational Therapist working with adults in the community, you will be a member of the multi-disciplinary team, which includes Medics, community nurses, psychological professionals, and others members of the wider trust.
Using occupation as the foundation, and with an emphasis on rehabilitation, recovery, and empowerment, you will contribute to the delivery of assessments, individualised interventions, and therapy/care planning as part of the team, maintaining people in their communities and supporting them to achieve their recovery goals.
If you are a person centred, compassionate Occupational Therapist with a passion and interest in mental health, then we welcome your application.
The job is varied and challenging and offers the opportunity to be an integral part of the Integrated Recovery Pathway.
To be responsible for assessment, developing, implementing and evaluating OT care plans using a person centred approach for service users in the community.
To promote innovative and creative ways of working with service users/carers with complex mental health needs.
To supervise junior staff/support staff to deliver community interventions enabling service users to develop and/or maintain independent living skills and work towards individual recovery and vocational goals.
To develop links with statutory and voluntary sector community resources and ensure that ongoing occupational needs are addressed as part of a safe effective discharge/transfer process.
Working with the Senior OT to develop the Occupational Therapy offer within Community Adult Mental Health services.
The Allied Health Professionals and occupational therapy network within the organisation is supportive, providing opportunities for collaboration and participation in development of practice and services and to build your own knowledge base and experience. The trust also encourages staff to be involved in wider integrated professional workstreams and development opportunities.
We have strong links with local universities and provide regular practice placements for Occupational Therapy students.
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
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The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Jun 2025
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