band 5 Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lytham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a compassionate Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Fylde Coast Rotation. The post involves working alongside senior therapists to develop skills, contribute to OT plans, and support care across hospital, community, and home settings.

You will rotate across teams for 12 months, with flexible working patterns and a strong focus on workforce wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Caseloads, assessing patients in hospital, community and home environments and supporting patient-centred care.
• Supervision of support staff and contributing to local developments related to Occupational Therapy.

Job description

To provide routine occupational therapy interventions in order to maintain, restore or create a match beneficial to the individual between the abilities of the person, the demands of his/her occupations in the areas of self care, productivity and leisure and the demands of the environment (adapted from Creek 2003). The post holder works alongside more senior experienced therapist(s) to consolidate and develop their skills, through regular contact and supervision from the senior therapist(s). They will contribute to the Occupational Therapy plans for people with complex needs in various mental health settings. They will not be the responsible therapist in assessing and providing occupational therapy plans for people with complexity and high risk with occupational needs. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting place to be an Occupational Therapist and it is a highly valued role in our Trust's approach to multi-disciplinary care. We have sound professional structures to lead and inspire our Occupational Therapy workforce. We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Fylde Coast Rotation. If you are an OT who would like to expand your experience within different mental health settings we currently have a vacancy for a full time band 5 Occupational Therapist: Within the rotational post you will be based with a variety of teams across Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre. You will work within each team for 12 months. The teams will include;

• Older Adult Community Mental Health Services (Fylde Coast Rapid Intervention & Treatment Team (RITT), includes Care Home Liaison) and Memory Assessment Service (MAS)
• Adult Community Mental Health Services (Adult CMHT)
• Older Adult In-Patient Mental Health Wards

The successful candidate will be responsible for caseloads, assessing patients within the hospital, community and home environments and supporting with patient cantered care. They will also be expected to undertake supervision of support staff and assist in local developments related to the Occupational Therapy.

• LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
• The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work. Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our  workforce well