Mental Health Occupational Therapist - Rotational Post

Job summary

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 permanent band 5 OT position which is on a 12 month rotation post in our Mental Health teams across East and West Staffordshire. The current vacancy is in the Older Adult Community Mental Health/Dementia team in South East Staffordshire.

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

Please note that this vacancy will close should there be a high response in receiving applications

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be able to function autonomously in multidisciplinary teams, with supervision from an experienced practitioner.

There will be an expectation that the post holder will work flexibly, possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and effective clinical reasoning.

The post will involve taking responsibility for your own caseload of service users that you may care coordinate. There will be balance between generic and profession specific work. The environment could be fast pace and challenging, however, highly rewarding.

Your role will involve working with other agencies, families, carers and local communities.

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)
• 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)

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.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.