Job summary
A rare and exciting opportunity has come about in the Community Rehabilitation Team in Brighton & Hove for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join the team, on a 12 month fixed term basis.
The Community Rehabilitation Team provides a specialist and intensive rehabilitation service to support the recovery of adults with psychosis and other mental health conditions.
The team is made up of a Team Leader, Team Secretary, Community Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Senior Recovery Workers and Support, Time and Recovery workers and Consultant Psychiatrist.
Main duties of the job
The service delivers personalised programmes of rehabilitation, focussed on addressing and minimising the symptoms and functional impairment that people may have, whilst empowering and re-enabling them to lead as independent and meaningful lives as possible. Delivering expert multidisciplinary comprehensive assessments of an individual's physical, psychological and social needs and risk factors and develop personalised rehabilitation treatment plans.
The service ensures effective care planning, clinical and risk management arrangements and adopts a positive approach to risk-taking for service users as a way of embedding recovery values into everyday practice. The service endeavors to ensure service users are involved in day to day decisions about their care.
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative, flexible and resourceful Occupational Therapist. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with individuals with complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues and housing difficulties. A passion for working with people to support individual recovery goals and to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and a range of services across the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors to deliver rehabilitation care is essential.
About us
The team have a key role in the management of the wider mental health rehabilitation pathway in Brighton & Hove around improving patient flow through the rehabilitation pathway to ensure care is provided in the most appropriate and as independent setting possible, and that there is continuity of rehabilitation care and smooth transitions between providers and different settings across the pathway.
Brighton and Hove is a vibrant and exciting place to live and work offering a lively city life with the opportunity to get away from it all to the South Downs National park just on the doorstep.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.
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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Evidence of post graduate level study/training
- Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist
- Practice Education training
- Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience as a qualified occupational therapist in mental health
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of both group and individual work
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience as a Care Coordinator
- Experience in a clinical area related to the post
- Leadership experience
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Evidence of post graduate level study/training
- Registration with the HPC as an occupational therapist
- Practice Education training
- Training in the use of standardised occupational therapy assessment tools
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience as a qualified occupational therapist in mental health
- Broad experience of working with clients with a range of mental health problems
- Experience of both group and individual work
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience as a Care Coordinator
- Experience in a clinical area related to the post
- Leadership experience
- Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of occupational therapy clinical approaches used in mental health
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
