Occupational Therapist

St Andrew’s Healthcare; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent mental health charity in Birmingham is seeking an energetic and ambitious Occupational Therapist to join their team. This role involves providing care to patients with mental health diagnoses in a secure inpatient setting. You will be responsible for developing and managing a clinical caseload while promoting positive patient outcomes through the application of occupational therapy. Strong communication skills and knowledge of mental health services are essential. A comprehensive benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Pension

27 days annual leave

Health Service Discounts

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in using occupational assessment tools to support clinical reasoning.
• Interest in various theoretical frameworks regarding occupational therapy.
• Good understanding of occupational therapy in inpatient services.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical team.
• Manage a clinical caseload and offer OT specific assessment and treatment.
• Develop professional relationships with the clinical team.

Skills

Knowledge of mental health diagnoses

Strong communication skills

Resilience and curiosity

Tools

Occupational assessment tools

Job description

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

Birmingham Service, Inpatient Adult Mental Health

Location: Stirchley, Birmingham

Salary: £30,381 - £36,480 per annum, depending on experience

Hours : 37.5 hours per week

The site offers a service to adults requiring care and treatment within a secure inpatient setting. We have male and female provision, as well as an older adult service.

You can achieve more at St Andrew’s Healthcare

St Andrew’s is a unique provider of specialist care in mental health and learning disability. We aspire to deliver truly world class, holistic services. Our independence means we can always put patients’ interests at the heart of decision making, while re‑investing in frontline services. We are currently transforming the Charity to deliver ‘Value Based Healthcare’; ensuring our patients consistently get the best possible outcomes.

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 value 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 were 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 interventions.
• Strong communication skills
• Resilience and curiosity

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including : Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications.

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.