Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Job summary

Inpatient Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) Rehabilitation Tier 2

Hawkesbury Lodge, Coventry CV6 6DT

Mental Health Services. Full time, permanent position.

Hawkesbury Lodge is a 20 bedded mixed sex mental health rehabilitation unit, located in the community. It offers assessment and intervention services for people who have a severe and enduring mental health condition, generally step down from our Tier 1 rehab unit, or directy following an acute episode of mental ill health. At the end of Tier 2 rehabilitation, individuals may move into independent living or to an alternative appropriate and least restrictive setting.

The post holder will work full time over 5 days, and will be responsible for the clinical assessment, development, provision and evaluation of effective occupational therapy within this rehabilitation setting. The post will also involve group work, contribution to referral assessments, a contribution to the day to day running of the unit and the therapeutic environment, including the supervision of other staff.

This will be in close collaboration with the service users, rehabilitation and community multidisciplinary colleagues, based on the recovery model.

This is an opportunity for anybody interested in developing their occupational therapy and broader mental health recovery practice and skills.

Please call to arrange a visit should you be interested.

Main duties of the job

Take a lead role in the development, provision and evaluation of occupational therapy service delivery in the rehabilitation and recovery inpatient setting.

To ensure occupational therapy makes a significant and specialist contribution to services users' recovery and preparation for discharge.

Assess service users using a variety of assessment tools, specialised observational and communication skills.

Plan, develop and evaluate complex packages of care.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the therapeutic environment within the rehabilitation and recovery inpatient setting.

To provide professional leadership, supervision and guidance to identified junior staff (occupational therapy, activity facilitators).

To be responsible for managing high standards of clinical care and maintaining service delivery based on sound clinical and professional judgement.

To have a detailed working knowledge of key partnership services and organisations (i.e. voluntary sector, social services, housing), including their eligibility criteria and access procedures, in order to be able to appropriately sign post or refer on.

To ensure effective communication and working relationships with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and other key partners.

To deputise for the AHP Therapies Co-ordinator as required and agreed.

Provide a learning environment and assessment of practice where required/appropriate for students of all disciplines.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.