Occupational Therapist

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Canterbury is seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join their Mental Health Inpatient Service. You'll be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, delivering therapeutic interventions to service users. The role requires a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. This is an excellent opportunity for newly qualified staff to develop their skills in a caring environment.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic about Occupational Therapy.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing Occupational Therapy contributions.
• Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate therapeutic interventions.
• Manage a defined caseload of service users.

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. KMPT offers an extensive preceptorship program for newly qualified staff. Our ward environments offer a unique opportunity to develop your Occupational Therapy skills within a supportive therapy and multi-disciplinary team.

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.


• To 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).

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 arerated 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.

Join us

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.

Our strategy

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