Mental Health Rotational Occupational Therapist

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in the UK is seeking a Mental Health Rotational Occupational Therapist to enhance their team. This role will involve working in diverse settings, including inpatient services and community teams. You will engage with individuals facing various mental health challenges, ensuring their participation in the therapeutic process. With a focus on professional development and support, this position offers opportunities for newly graduated occupational therapists to grow while contributing to meaningful health outcomes.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing support

Training and education support

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required and must maintain standards.
• Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Utilize core occupational therapy skills to provide interventions.
• Responsible for assessment, planning, and evaluation processes.
• Engage with service users through collaborative relationships.

Skills

Passionate about occupation

Flexible working

Team collaboration

Engaging with service users

Education

Accredited qualification in Occupational Therapy (Degree/Diploma)

Job description

Mental Health Rotational Occupational Therapist

We are currently recruiting for Occupational Therapists to join an established mental health rotation.

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Passionate about occupation and its role in mental health
• Able and willing to engage in flexible working, including shifts and weekends.
• Able to work in various team and on different sites across Leeds and York

Our mental health rotation offers a great start to a career in mental health Occupational Therapy, with opportunities to work in various groups of service users in different stages in their care pathway.

The following are just some of the areas that are currently part of the rotation however your rotation will being in our older people inpatient services at The Mount, across wards 3 and 4:

• Adult and Older Peoples Acute Inpatient Services
• Intensive Community Services
• Adult and Older People Community Mental Health Teams
• Care Homes Service
• Rehabilitation and Recovery Services
• Forensic Service
• Complex Emotional Needs Service
• Learning Disabilities Community Team
• Primary Care Mental Health

Main duties of the job

You will be supported in your personal and professional development via clinical supervision, training and other Continuing Professional Development opportunities. The Trust has an established Preceptorship Programme for new graduates offering specific support and develop throughout your first year.

Please note this post usually attracts a large number of applicants and may close early if the maximum number of applications is received.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles this does not include Healthcare Support Workers. This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

Although each rotation setting differs, there are common expectations and responsibilities for you as an Occupational Therapist.

To utilise your core occupational therapy skills to provide occupational therapy intervention appropriate to the team you are based in.

To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of intervention for defined Service Users, both on an individual basis and within a group setting. This will include:

• Clear understanding of the OT process
• Knowledge of theoretical frameworks, models and approaches and OT assessment tools
• Using activities to promote health, wellbeing and function
• Planning, organising and leading activity groups
• Analysing and adapting environments to increase function and social participation

You will have an accredited qualification in occupational therapy and HCPC registration, which you take responsibility to maintain this by meeting RCOT and HCPC standards.

To understand and use appropriate risk assessments.

To actively engage in the occupational therapy professional support structure e.g. clinical supervision and preceptorship development programme.

To maintain accurate and appropriate clinical records in accordance with professional standards.

To gain consent and build a collaborative relationship with Service Users that will promote engagement in the therapeutic process adapting to barriers in communication which Service Users may present with e.g. emotional, psychological, physical.

To co‑ordinate and communicate care packages or treatment plans for defined Service Users both verbally through multi-disciplinary meetings, team integration and telephone and non‑verbally through care planning, reports and documentation. Also through carers and other agencies.

To contribute to the day to day running of the team you are based in.

Delegate safely, be aware of own gaps in competencies seeking support when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Accredited qualification in Occupational Therapy (Degree/Diploma) and HCPC Registration.

Knowledge

• Demonstrated understanding of the needs of service users with mental health problems.

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.

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust