Occupational Therapist

St Andrew'S Healthcare; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

St Andrew’s Healthcare in Birmingham is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join the in-patient adult mental health service. The role focuses on occupational therapy assessment and treatment for individuals and groups within a multidisciplinary team, with a strong emphasis on applying OT processes to improve daily living and wellbeing.

You will participate in a preceptorship/CPD framework and contribute to service development as part of an ambitious improvement journey at the Birmingham site.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and/or secure services.
• Experience using OT assessment tools to support reasoning and treatment planning.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical team.
• Manage a clinical OT caseload and deliver OT assessments and treatments to groups and individuals.
• Promote the OT role within the clinical team and liaise with colleagues.
• Participate in CPD and professional development activities.

Skills

Mental health knowledge

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning

Job description

Occupational Therapist - Band 5 and 6 Opportunities

Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Contract basis: Full Time
Contractual hours per week: 37.5

We are currently looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and ambitious Occupational Therapist to join our Birmingham OT team.

Birmingham Service, Inpatient Adult Mental Health

Band 5 and 6 opportunities available
Location: Stirchley, Birmingham
Band 5 Salary: From £30,989
Band 6 Salary: From £38,729
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

A bit about us

We are St Andrew’s, a mental health charity with a clear purpose: to inspire hope for people living with complex mental health needs. Our Birmingham site is on an ambitious improvement journey.

St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 125 bedded secure adult mental healthcare facility comprising eight units that cover medium and low security for both men and women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.

The Birmingham site has eight wards within a self-contained secure environment. There are a mix of low and medium secure wards with two wards offering services to women and male older adults. The site offers care and treatment to people with complex mental health and personality disorder diagnoses who require secure services. The service also benefits from other therapy resources such as an Art Studio, Workshop, Gym, Sports Hall, music space and courtyard area for horticulture.

Within the Occupational Therapy team, we offer comprehensive treatment through the medium of meaningful occupation. Our aim is to equip patients with the life skills required to live a life worth living through improved health and wellbeing, independence, purpose and balance within their daily living.

The Person and Role

You will contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical team, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload, and offering OT specific assessment and treatment to groups and individuals within your care. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with your clinical team and the wider professional team.

You will be able to show a good understanding of occupational therapy within inpatient services, demonstrating the hope occupational therapists bring to the lives of those in our care. You will also be able to share your experience of applying the OT process to achieve positive patient outcomes and demonstrate how you promote the profession within your clinical team.

The charity values the importance of continued professional development. This includes a personal development plan with access to a preceptorship programme, internal CPD events, networking opportunities with colleagues and external training where deemed clinically appropriate.

You should have:

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and/or secure services
• An interest, knowledge and understanding of a range of guiding theoretical frameworks and approaches, for example Model of Human Occupation, VdT MoCA, occupational science, occupational diagnosis and sensory approaches
• Knowledge and experience in using occupational assessment tools to support clinical reasoning, treatment planning and evaluation of interventionsStrong communication skills