Rotational Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 06 November 2024

Job summary

A new rotational development has arisen within South Cumbria for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist (OT), which aims to support your preceptorship journey and also your continuous professional development opportunities across both the inpatient and community settings. We are seeking an individual who is passionate about working with people who have a varied range of mental health needs.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust is an exciting place to work as an OT, and be highly valued amongst an established Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT), to ensure that we can provide the best outcomes for our patients. We are committed to delivering excellent services, putting occupation at the centre of our work and championing peoples' rights for occupational needs to be recognised and addressed.

If you would like any further information or to speak with the teams, please contact us on the details provided.

Main duties of the job

At Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, we are developing our Allied Health Professional (AHP) community within the Bay Network, to ensure that we are offering positions that facilitate longevity within your chosen career pathway.

If you are an OT, who would like to expand your experience within different adult mental health settings, we currently have a vacancy for two full time positions. This rotation will offer a plethora of opportunities for professional development, with a robust training platform offering mandatory training opportunities, a trust-wide preceptorship and peer support from a developing AHP community through evidence-based practice forums, we have this new opportunity available.

The rotational post currently offers the opportunity to work across 2 clinical areas across a 12 month period:

- Dova, Mental Health inpatient ward, Dane Garth- Furness, Community Mental Health Team

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

31 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY719-EB

Job locations

Dova Unit Dane Garth

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 4LF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Bsc/Msc in Occupational Therapy (OT)
Ongoing registration with Health Professionals Council

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of current best practice in OT
Understanding of team dynamics Basic knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management
Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance

Experience

Essential

Application of the OT process
Broad range of under graduate practice placement experience
Use of functional assessment and the analysis of occupation
Positive learning from experience gained in mental health setting pre or post qualification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Bsc/Msc in Occupational Therapy (OT)
Ongoing registration with Health Professionals Council

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of current best practice in OT
Understanding of team dynamics Basic knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management
Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance

Experience

Essential

Application of the OT process
Broad range of under graduate practice placement experience
Use of functional assessment and the analysis of occupation
Positive learning from experience gained in mental health setting pre or post qualification

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.