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SCFT Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 20 July 2025
A unique opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Occupational Therapist within the Specialist Community Forensic Team. This role is an integral part of our established multi-disciplinary teams which include Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers and Speech and Language Therapists.
We are looking for a registered, experienced Occupational Therapist to lead the occupational therapy offering provided by the Team. Your role will be supporting discharges from secure services into the community.
The Specialist Community Forensic Service operates across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and aims to reduce patients' length of stay in forensic units.
The team works with patients who have a diagnosis of mental illness and have been in contact with the criminal justice system and are transitioning out of secure inpatient services. The team work closely with our patients as they move into the community so that they can eventually live safely and independently with the support of our community mental health services. The focus is on offering the least restrictive care possible and providing an alternative to a secure inpatient setting.
Main duties of the job
To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To act as care co-ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness with a forensic history.
To provide leadership for identified staff, through supervision and appraisal.
To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team, holding responsibility for defined service projects.
To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Occupational Therapy Service
To regularly supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement.
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About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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Experience
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Additional Criteria
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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