Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust seeks an Occupational Therapist to work on the inpatient older adult ward, joining a supportive MDT to assess and treat functional mental health needs. You will develop practice using standard assessments and contribute to discharge planning and community safety.

The role offers opportunities for CPD, supervision, and sharing practice with a large OT team, including onboarding students and staff development in a progressive service.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration are essential.
• Experience in diverse OT practice areas during student placements is required.
• Understanding of needs of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities is essential.
• Desirable: willingness to undertake Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework.
• Desirable: demonstrable IT, numeracy and literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry a caseload and develop treatment plans for older adults with functional mental illness.
• Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to plan discharge needs and community safety.
• Contribute to the group programme and share practice with the wider OT team.
• Provide opportunities for supervision, CPD, and fieldwork placements.
• Engage with families and carers to support patient recovery and engagement.

Skills

OT assessment skills

Engaging with families and carers

Communication of sensitive information

IT/numeracy/literacy skills

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent

HCPC Registered

Job description

Job summary

You will be joining a small and supportive team of occupational therapists working on the inpatient older adult ward of Aspen who support adults with function mental health conditions. The team consists of OT's and OT support staff who work alongside physiotherapists, arts psychotherapists, psychology staff as well as the wider nursing and medical team, providing specialist assessments and interventions, supporting patients in their recovery and community discharge.

You will develop your practice in working with older adults using a range of specialist assessments and practice models such as ACLs, VdT MOCA & sensory profiles as well as contributing to the group programme alongside colleagues.

Callington Road Hospital provides a range of ward services and you will have the opportunity to share practice, supervision and resources with a large occupational therapy team on site as well as the later life services in South Gloucestershire including the South Glos Later Life Therapies Team.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve carrying a caseload, assessing and providing treatment plans for older adults with functional mental illness, and working as part of the multi-disciplinary team in assessing and planning needs on discharge from hospital, to support occupation, recovery and safety in the community. The South Gloucestershire inpatient team work alongside the Bristol Therapies services to provide a programme of therapeutic interventions.

We regularly offer fieldwork placements to occupational therapy students from Bristol UWE and there will be an opportunity to participate in our well-established CPD programme. Regular training and development is actively encouraged to provide a forward thinking and high quality service.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying documents for key local information and job specification for this role. You are welcome to speak to a member of the team for more information- see below.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
• HCPC Registered

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake the Preceptorship Programme and Competency Framework (within an agreed timescale)
• Demonstrable IT, numeracy and literacy skills

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements
• Understanding of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.

Desirable

• Work experience in the relevant area (older adult mental health), or relevant transferable skills.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Experience of Occupational therapy specific assessment skills for client group and willingness to undertake ongoing post graduate training.
• Interest in working and engaging with client group and working closely with families and carers

Desirable

• Experience of running and delivering groups relevant to setting

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).