Occupational Therapist - Community Rehabilitation

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about Occupational Therapy? Are you interested in Rehabilitation? If yes then we have the job for you!!

We have an exciting opportunity to join the new Enhanced Community Rehabilitation Service for West Sussex. This is a perfect opportunity for Band 5 Occupational Therapists looking to develop their skills and be part of an exciting movement in the transformation of mental health services for people who experience psychosis.

The Enhanced Community Rehabilitation Service will operate a 7-day working week. Though advertising to full time positions, we would welcome applications from therapists seeking part time hours and are open to discussing flexible working requirements to ensure we best support both the recruitment and future retention of our staff.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

Main duties of the job

The Community Rehabilitation Service is a new, exciting and innovative service in West Sussex. You will hold a small caseload of people within an MDT who are cared for within a recovery focused model of care.

There will be excellent opportunities for staff to utilise and develop their core Occupational Therapy skills, contributing to the planning, development and facilitation of evidence based and occupation focused group work, delivering standardised Occupational Therapy assessments and contributing an occupational perspective to multi-disciplinary discussion and treatment planning.

You will work in partnership with a diverse team of clinicians and support staff including Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Nurses and our third sector partners. In line with our Trust value of 'People First', evidence shows that people who are treated in community and in the least restrictive manner, have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, to help us provide this opportunity for the people of West Sussex in line with national agenda of The Getting It Right First Time a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health, maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.

Effective communication skills, a good clinical knowledge base, and a commitment to caring for patients in the community must be demonstrated. You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

About us

Over the next five years, community mental health services are going to be undergoing a real transformation and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health clinicians will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.

This post will provide the right candidate with the opportunity to develop their career. This is a supportive team where you will be offered mentorship and supervision from senior colleagues and management support. The community rehabilitation service will actively support your continuing professional development and the implementation of the AHP strategy

We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people that we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision then we would like to hear from you.

Date posted

14 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year pa / pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

354-AC-20666-A

Job locations

Chanctonbury Building

Worthing

BN13 3EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

What you will receive from us:

A robust induction and early planning to discuss development needs, preceptorship and career aspirations
Regular Line Management and Professional supervision
Access to a wide range of Training and CPD opportunities including; A programme of AHP specific training. (Please make contact for further examples of the AHP Training Prospectus and Training newsletter we have for our AHP staff on the details provided)

- You are encouraged to have booked on to a minimum of one internal AHP Course in a Training Year
- Quarterly Occupational Therapy CPD Hubs
- Communities of Practice (AMPS and Sensory Strategies)
The opportunity to participate in a range QI work and service innovations
Varied leadership development opportunities
Opportunities to co -facilitate groups in Recovery College

This is an excellent time for Occupational Therapists to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we have just launched our AHP Strategy

Look at our AHP strategy and view our film at https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/AHP

Job description

Job responsibilities

What you will receive from us:

A robust induction and early planning to discuss development needs, preceptorship and career aspirations
Regular Line Management and Professional supervision
Access to a wide range of Training and CPD opportunities including; A programme of AHP specific training. (Please make contact for further examples of the AHP Training Prospectus and Training newsletter we have for our AHP staff on the details provided)

- You are encouraged to have booked on to a minimum of one internal AHP Course in a Training Year
- Quarterly Occupational Therapy CPD Hubs
- Communities of Practice (AMPS and Sensory Strategies)
The opportunity to participate in a range QI work and service innovations
Varied leadership development opportunities
Opportunities to co -facilitate groups in Recovery College

This is an excellent time for Occupational Therapists to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we have just launched our AHP Strategy

Look at our AHP strategy and view our film at https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/AHP

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
Experience working as part of a team
Experience running groups/activities
Experience of being supervised

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
Experience working as part of a team
Experience running groups/activities
Experience of being supervised

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).