Job summary
We have an exciting vacancy for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic community mental health team working across Medway and Swale HTT.
This post would be suitable for both a newly qualified occupational therapist or someone with some experience looking to expand their knowledge and experience within a community mental health setting. You will have a strong interest in developing skills in working with service users who have complex mental health needs. We are looking for a practitioner with good communication and liaison skills who is forward-thinking and enthusiastic about innovative ways of working.
All community teams across Kent are looking to deliver a new care pathway approach, where service users will be offered a menu of interventions. These interventions would be offered by various professionals, but Occupational Therapists will play a key part in this process.
Main duties of the job
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously
- Managing acaseloadof service users who have complex needs
- Balancing all aspects of the job role.
- Being flexible and responsive to competing demandsPromoting Occupational Therapy in the service and keeping an occupational focus at the centre of practice
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist in identifying, developing, and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.To assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence-based, service user-centred, hope and recovery, health promotion, and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Please see the job description for full details.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist in identifying, developing, and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.To assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence-based, service user-centred, hope and recovery, health promotion, and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
Please see the job description for full details.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist with Health and Care Professions Council.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
- Computer literate
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Basic factual knowledge of the importance of enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them in being well in life.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist with Health and Care Professions Council.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
- Computer literate
- Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
- Basic factual knowledge of the importance of enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them in being well in life.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
