Would you like to be part of a forward-thinking Mental Health Inpatient Service? The Orchard Ward Occupational Therapy Team is looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join them.
As Occupational Therapists, we are positioned to shape the culture of inpatient settings to promote a therapeutic day that co-exists to enhance therapeutic interventions and a recovery-focused ethos on the units.
Kent and Medway Mental Health Trust offers an extensive preceptorship program for newly qualified staff. Our ward environments offer a unique opportunity to develop your Occupational Therapy skills within a supportive therapy and multi-disciplinary team.
As part of this role there will be a requirement to undertake home assessments and therefore regular travel will be required.
Main duties of the job
* To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
* To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
* To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence-based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
* You must be able to complete Physical Interventions Training and undertake Physical Intervention work on the ward
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Take a look at our Occupational Therapist Video
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualification
* A recognised Occupational Therapist professional qualification
* Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience
* Experience of individual & group work
* Pre-registration experience of mental health settings and or working with people with mental health conditions
* Experience in acute inpatient mental health setting
* Experience of caseload management
Knowledge and Skills
* Evidence of working in a person-centred way
* Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
* Computer literate. Able to use e-mail, Word, Excel and access Internet resources
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.
£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum, pro rata
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