Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Chorley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust seeks an dynamic occupational therapist to join the Acute Adult Inpatient Unit in Chorley, delivering care within a committed multi-disciplinary team. You will provide an occupational perspective to assessment, planning and rehabilitation for service users with mental health needs.

Working with senior occupational therapists and therapy assistants, you will participate in supervision, development opportunities and contribute to a positive,

Responsibilities

• Deliver occupational therapy as part of the Acute Adult Inpatient Unit team.
• Collaborate with senior OTs and therapy assistants to provide holistic care.
• Engage with service users, carers and families to tailor goals.
• Participate in supervision and learning opportunities through the Trust.

Job description

We are seeking a dynamic occupational therapist to work in the Acute Adult Inpatient Unit at the Chorley within our team delivering care to service users who are experiencing mental health problems. The successful candidate will be working alongside senior occupational therapists and therapy assistants as part of providing an occupational perspective to a well-established multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to have well developed interpersonal skills to establish and maintain relationships with other staff within wider services where service users are linked in. You will seek to establish and maintain useful communication with relevant carers/family /friends negotiating appropriate levels of involvement through agreement with the service, and remaining sensitive to the particular needs of the individual and his/her carers.

The successful candidate will receive regular professional supervision from the Senior Occupational Therapist and line management will be via the Team Manager. Learning and development needs will be identified through the Personal Development Process and there will be a wide range of other learning opportunities available through local and Trust wide training and best practice forums.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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