Band 5 Occupational Therapist - Bristol

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

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking an Occupational Therapist to work within a medium secure unit. The role involves assessing service users' occupational functioning and implementing interventions that promote social inclusion and recovery. The ideal candidate values collaboration and professional development within a supportive team environment. Diversity is embraced, encouraging applications from all backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing occupational functioning.
• Ability to implement and review interventions and treatment methods.
• Familiarity with recovery principles and social inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Occupational Therapy team.
• Undertake aspects of the Occupational Therapy process.
• Employ individual and group interventions for patients.

Job description

Overview

Fromeside is a regional medium secure unit, providing a service to 81 in-patient service users with mental health needs. The role works with a ward that offers inpatient care to men who have a learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder in a medium secure setting.

Responsibilities

• Work as a key part of the Occupational Therapy team and undertake all aspects of the Occupational Therapy process, including assessing each service user’s occupational functioning, planning, implementing and reviewing appropriate interventions and treatment methods.
• Employ a range of individual and group interventions that embrace social inclusion and recovery principles at their core.

Development, supervision and professional practice

On joining the team, you will receive a comprehensive structured induction package. We run monthly CPD sessions to ensure we are up to date with best practice and developing ideas. Within the team and across the wider service, we promote all aspects of continuing professional development. We meet monthly as a group of registered Occupational Therapists to focus on developing our assessment and reporting skills and to take part in additional training opportunities for expanding our skillset.

Due to the complex nature of the work and the environment, we place great value upon supervision. Each member of the team will receive at least monthly clinical supervision, monthly management supervision and the opportunity to attend monthly reflective practice with the wider team.

About AWP

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from locations across Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our people promote mental health and wellbeing, and our expertise and resources are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.

We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Diversity and inclusion

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.