Job summary
Please note: previous applicants need not apply
Occupational Therapist - Band 6, 37.5 and 22.5 hours per week. Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Team - Coventry
Coventry Integrated Practice Unit, PU 3-8, Community Mental health & Wellbeing Team is part of a multi-disciplinary, mental health and wellbeing service. IPU's are arranged around individual needs based on care clusters. This post sit within the Non-Psychosis, clusters 3-8 pathway. This includes people with emotion regulation difficulties, mood disorders and anxiety.
The Team covers the locality Coventry and is based at Tile Hill Health Centre. The Team is supportive and highly skilled and adapts to the changing needs of the people who access the service.
Main duties of the job
The Role
We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist who has significant experience and knowledge of delivering Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions in Community Mental Health. This role will enable the successful candidate to use their profession specific skills to implement, embed and deliver Occupational Therapy and care coordination as part of the MDT. You will be part of the duty system within the team and undertake trusted assessment and supervision.
Working within an established team, you will be managing a caseload of people who have complex mental health problems and delivering a range of evidence-based interventions. As a successful candidate you will be confident, innovative and an effective communicator. You will be communicating with a wide variety of people; professionals; partners and agencies.
For an full overview please see attached support information.
About us
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Skills & Experience
Experience of assessing and working with people with complex and significant mental health problems is essential. This as an ideal opportunity to further develop specialist skills and interests. It is important you have strong communication skills and you can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues. A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital. This team provides interventions on a one to one basis but also in group formats. There are tight deadlines, and you will be often under pressure, but you will be supported throughout your time with the team and we will invest time and energy in developing you as a clinician. You will have to make difficult decisions but having a supportive and experienced team alongside you helps with that process. We have a very clear preceptorship programme for appointed staff and work very hard at developing and supporting staff in what can be a challenging environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Skills & Experience
Experience of assessing and working with people with complex and significant mental health problems is essential. This as an ideal opportunity to further develop specialist skills and interests. It is important you have strong communication skills and you can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues. A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital. This team provides interventions on a one to one basis but also in group formats. There are tight deadlines, and you will be often under pressure, but you will be supported throughout your time with the team and we will invest time and energy in developing you as a clinician. You will have to make difficult decisions but having a supportive and experienced team alongside you helps with that process. We have a very clear preceptorship programme for appointed staff and work very hard at developing and supporting staff in what can be a challenging environment.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Has current relevant professional registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential
- interest in community work
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
- Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
Other
Essential
- car driver - business use
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Has current relevant professional registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential
- interest in community work
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
- Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
Other
Essential
- car driver - business use
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).
