Main area Acute Mental Health Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This post will include working at the weekend.) Job ref 380-AC0726-A
Site St Martins Hospital, Canterbury Town Canterbury, Kent Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2025 23:59
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Would you like to be part of a forward-thinking Mental Health Inpatient Service? The St Martins 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.
KMPT 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.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
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 to work on the ward.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are KMPT, providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualification
* OT Degree
Experience
* Understanding of Groupwork skills
* Experience in acute inpatient mental health setting
Skills
* Evidence of working in a person-centred way
* Evidence of working in line with our Trust values
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Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
On appointment to NHS: 27 days for full-time staff, or pro rata if part-time.
After 5 years of NHS service: 29 days for full-time staff, or pro rata if part-time.
After 10 years of NHS service: 33 days for full-time staff, or pro rata if part-time.
Plus bank holidays, this adds up to as many as 41 days—more than 8 weeks of paid time off!
Medical staff have national Terms and Conditions. The option to buy and sell annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Recommend a friend campaign
If you already work for us, you can refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited: Nursing staff (RMN, RGN, RNLD) at Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologists, and Allied Health Professionals.
This covers job shares, term-time working, flexible shifts, and more. Just ask and we will try to help.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave
This is dependent on the length of your NHS service.
Other paid/unpaid leave
This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc., and is paid outside of annual leave.
Non-paid leave is available for career breaks.
Staff Support
KMPT offers a face-to-face counselling service for any issues, not just work-related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts, and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of savings on travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out, and more.
Learning and Development opportunities
In addition to the mandatory subjects, there are a number of leadership, management, and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff with a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on your role and can range from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The programme provides an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT’s subject specialists and includes all required training.
The programme may involve some travel to various training venues across Kent and Medway, with the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone, and Dartford.
New starter bonus
To recognize the value of our nurses and the skills they bring, we offer a New Hire Bonus of £1200 pro rata for Band 5 and 6 nursing staff.
Staff Network Forums
A variety of staff network forums are available to empower, support, and encourage network members and allies, reflecting KMPT values and promoting equality and diversity.
Lease car scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, the list goes on!
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.
Probation Period. New employees external to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
KMPT are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
KMPT takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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