Band 7 Specialist Occupational Therapist - SOLAR

Job summary

An exciting opportunity is available for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist within Solar.

Successful applicants will hold an OT caseload and will also offer specific Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people. As a team, we are looking to improve the way we provide interventions and to develop collaborative formulations to plan and direct our input. Applicants should have significant experience of working post qualification in mental health services.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work collaboratively with individuals, adopting a creative and problem-solving approach to working practice. You will need to be flexible, energetic, have a positive attitude and demonstrate an ability to work autonomously.

The team is looking for someone committed to multi-disciplinary and partnership working, and who can establish good networks with our Recovery College and other voluntary, statutory and independent agencies.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team across the age range delivering evidence based occupational therapy interventions/assessments.
• To be able to adapt approaches to meet the needs of the client group.
• To carry out specialist assessments around the needs for those referred to Solar to support their participation in self-care, ADL's, school/work(dependant on age) and play/leisure activities.
• To work as a designated caseload across the SOLAR service and to provide support to to clinicians around possible interactions.
• To use Occupational Therapy clinical reasoning to analyse and interpret complex assessment findings from both standardised and non-standardised assessments
• To accurately assess the impact of the environment (physical, social, sensory, emotional and cultural) on a child/young person's occupational performance. This will require travelling between locations in a timely manner to see people in the most appropriate setting according to their needs
• To work with the service users to identify OT goals as part of their overall care plan.
• To use information gathered to formulate individualised management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning and activity analysis/grading in collaboration with the person, their family and other professionals both internally and external.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.