Occupational Therapist

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Canterbury is seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join their dynamic team. The role focuses on assessing and delivering therapeutic interventions to promote recovery in a mental health inpatient service. Candidates must hold a degree in Occupational Therapy and possess a full UK driving license. The position requires collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team and a commitment to promoting a therapeutic environment.

Qualifications

• Full, valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business purposes.
• Experience in a multi-disciplinary service.
• Understanding of evidence-based, service user centered, recovery-oriented principles.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate therapeutic interventions for service users.
• Manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs.
• Complete Physical Interventions Training to work on the ward.

Skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Therapeutic intervention

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

Would you like to be part of a forward-thinking Mental Health Inpatient Service? The St Martins Occupational Therapy Team is looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join them.

As Occupational Therapists, we are positioned to shape the culture of inpatient settings to promote a therapeutic day that co-exists to enhance therapeutic interventions and a recovery-focused ethos on the units.

Role and responsibilities

To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service. To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users. To manage a defined caseload of service users with occupational needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.

You must be able to complete Physical Interventions Training to work on the ward.

Requirements

• The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
• To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.

About KMPT

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Compensation and culture

Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Contact for further details

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Susannah Martin
Job title: Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead
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