Join our acute inpatient mental health Occupational Therapy service and make a real difference. We are seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to play a key role in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care within a compassionate and therapeutic environment.
As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will:
* Provide strong clinical leadership, working closely with the Clinical and Operational Lead Occupational Therapist.
* Champion evidence-based practice to enhance service quality and responsiveness.
* Support the Service Manager in developing operational and clinical mechanisms, including deputising in their absence.
* Collaborate with ward-based Occupational Therapists, ensuring effective oversight of OT provision and smooth transition to the Shared Therapies team.
Our service is committed to promoting recovery and enabling sustainable transitions from inpatient care to community support. You will help create safe, therapeutic spaces for individuals at an acute stage of their illness, ensuring compassionate treatment and care throughout their journey.
Main duties of the job
* Maintain a strong clinical presence by delivering individual interventions and overseeing the full range of therapeutic activities within the team.
* Demonstrate advanced expertise in acute mental health care and share this knowledge effectively, promoting recovery-focused practice and social inclusion.
* Proactively manage your own caseload, prioritising tasks efficiently to meet competing demands.
* Assess complex service user needs using professional judgement and evidence-based approaches, ensuring accountability for clinical decisions.
* Ensure every service user has a current, collaboratively developed Occupational Therapy plan tailored to their individual needs.
* Apply leadership principles adapting strategies to meet changing service requirements.
* Work closely with ward-based Occupational Therapists to ensure the delivery of high-quality, needs-led Occupational Therapy services.
* Contribute to clinical development through mentoring, coaching, and supporting student education and fieldwork placement.
Benefits
* Commitment to flexible working where this is possible.
* 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service.
* Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training.
* Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits.
* Health service discounts and online benefits.
* Incremental pay progression.
* Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7.
* Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network.
* Health and wellbeing opportunities.
* Structured learning and development opportunities.
Person Specification
Education
* Degree or diploma in OT.
* Evidence of ongoing CPD, reflection, team leadership skills and EBP.
* Field work educators qualification.
Skills and Experience
* Demonstrate post registration experience and expertise in mental health.
* Evidence of specialised Occupational Therapy Assessments.
* Analytical skills involving skilled interpretation, comparison and reasoned judgement in complex situations.
* Supervision of Junior staff.
* Evidence of leadership skills.
* Evidence of risk assessment and management.
* Evidence of application of theoretical models of practice.
* Evidence of working in an adult acute mental health setting and complex cases.
* Evidence of group work experience.
* Demonstrate knowledge of research techniques and experience of clinical audit.
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.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata.
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