Role Overview
The Occupational Therapy specialist role: delivering occupationally focused assessment, intervention and consultation to inform and support formulation and delivery of the holistic MDT care plan and risk assessment. The Care coordinator/MDT practitioner role: contributing to the holistic assessment care planning and wider MDT functions. The OT team sits within the wider multi‑disciplinary teams providing holistic support for clients with complex and enduring mental health needs requiring secondary level mental health care. The base for this role is Reunion House, Clacton on Sea but you will be expected to travel to meetings and client visits at client homes, within the community and at other EPUT sites. Working within this busy team environment you will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of clinical skills; including but not limited to undertaking OT assessments, care planning, delivering interventions – through group and individual sessions, and the supervision and appraisal of junior staff. You will also build on your skills of risk assessment and treatment planning in your role as care‑coordination and duty worker. The post holder will have access to professional supervision and leadership within the team and will be supported to access a range of relevant development and training opportunities to enhance their practise.
Responsibilities
1. Deliver occupationally focused assessment, intervention and consultation to inform and support formulation and delivery of the holistic MDT care plan and risk assessment.
2. Contribute to the holistic assessment care planning and wider MDT functions as the Care coordinator/MDT practitioner.
3. Deliver OT focused assessment, treatment and interventions to community dwelling adults within the North East Essex area who are in receipt of care from secondary mental health services.
4. Hold an allocated case load of clients for whom you are the named Care coordinator and undertake Duty as part of the team wide duty rota.
5. Supervise, support and appraise junior staff; build risk assessment and treatment planning skills as part of care‑coordination and duty work.
6. Travel to client homes, within the community and other EPUT sites as required.
7. Provide professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history.
8. Incure the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Benefits
* 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
* Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
* Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
* £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us.
* Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
* Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
Legal & EEO Statements
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly. We would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 require individuals directly employed to work in a Care Home or required to be deployed to a CQC registered care home to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre‑employment checks.
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