B6 Occupational Therapist - Runnymede Neighbourhood MHT

Sabp; Chertsey; Sur place; GBP 30 000 - 40 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

5% fringe high cost area supplement

Structured CPD programme

Robust clinical supervision structure

Care group meetings

Trust-wide and core competence培训

Annual OT conference

Résumé du poste

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an occupational therapist to deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions with individuals and groups. The post includes running structured group programmes and contributing to service development within the mental health team.

The role requires HCPC registration, relevant post-qualification experience, and driving entitlement for community work.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Relevant post-qualification clinical experience
• Experience of relevant OT assessment and implementing interventions
• Understanding of how health and disability affect occupational performance, participation and identity
• Interest and skills in a specialist OT area

Responsabilités

• Deliver evidence-based OT assessments and interventions (individual and group)
• Run group programmes: Occupation Matters, Recovery through Occupation, New Horizons and Memory Matters
• Use Model of Human Occupation to guide assessment and intervention
• Communicate with service users, carers, MDT and external agencies
• Contribute to team functioning and service development
• Supervise and mentor junior OT staff and students
• Provide OT student placements
• Lead on service development or audits
• Take lead professional role where appropriate

Connaissances

Clinical reasoning

Formation

Occupational therapy degree

Description du poste

This occupational therapist post sits in the Runnymede Neighbourhood mental health team at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on individual and group occupational therapy, including comprehensive assessments, guided by the Model of Human Occupation. Distinct features are structured group pathways, an OT-led discharge route from secondary services and a group for people with mild dementia. Applicants need HCPC registration and the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for community work.

What the job involves

• Deliver evidence-based OT assessments and individual and group interventions to people who use services and their carers, in line with OT pathways
• Run the team's group programmes: Occupation Matters, Recovery through Occupation, New Horizons and Memory Matters
• Use the Model of Human Occupation to guide assessment and intervention
• Communicate with people who use services, carers, the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies where appropriate
• Contribute to the general functioning of the team
• Supervise and mentor junior occupational therapists, OT apprentices, support workers and activities coordinators, as appropriate
• Provide occupational therapy student placements
• Contribute to service development and audits
• Take on the lead professional role where appropriate

What’s required

Qualifications

• Occupational therapy professional qualification

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Relevant post-qualification clinical experience
• Experience of relevant OT assessment and implementing interventions
• Applying knowledge of how health and disability affect occupational performance, participation and identity
• Evidence of an interest and skills in a specialist area

Skills & knowledge

• Evidence of clinical reasoning skills

Checks & eligibility

• Valid driving licence and unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work, including community work (subject to reasonable adjustments)

Nice to have

• Completion of a Fieldwork Educators' course
• Experience of contributing to service development or project work
• Experience as a supervisor
• Experience of group facilitation
• Experience of supporting students on placement

What’s offered

• 5% fringe high cost area supplement (HCAS)
• Structured CPD programme
• Robust clinical supervision structure
• Care group meetings
• Trust-wide and core competence training
• Annual OT conference