Rotational Occupational Therapist Post

Job summary

Calling all Occupational Therapists - are you thinking about your next career opportunity? Consider joining MPFT! We currently currently recruiting to a Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapist

Come and join our innovative teams at Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT), a Trust that values people, empowerment, and partnerships.

As Allied Health Professionals (AHP's), we focus on maintaining people's essential life skills, making life better for our communities, using a recovery focused approach.

We are currently recruiting to a Rotational Band 5 Occupational Therapist (OT'S) position, initially working in the Shrewsbury Central East Community Mental Health Service. This post forms part of a wider rotation with opportunities to rotate into Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team (CRHT), BeeU (Children and Young People), Forensics and Older Adult Inpatients. There is also opportunity to explore joining the system rotation and gain experience working in one of our partner organisations.

This 12-month rotation is an ideal opportunity for newly qualified Occupational Therapists or if you are seeking to widen your career opportunities through working in a range of specialties and settings.

Occupational Therapy students, who are about to qualify, are very welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

• You will be responsible for the Occupational Therapy assessment of care needs and contributing to the formulation of the person's needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person's negotiated goals and relevant evidence-based interventions.
• In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, you will provide Occupational Therapy interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.
• You will be working in a variety of community and inpatient mental health services and geographies. This may require flexibility working across pathways, dependent on skill and service need.
• Delivering a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.