Occupational Therapist

NHS; Dartford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Rejoignez un service de soins de santé mentale innovant au sein du NHS en tant qu'Ottoccupational Therapist. Vous aurez l'occasion de participer à des soins multidisciplinaires tout en développant vos compétences au sein d'une équipe de soutien. Ce rôle exige un diplôme d'OT et implique de travailler en étroite collaboration avec les usagers pour évaluer et planifier des interventions thérapeutiques adaptées.

Benefits

Programme de préceptorship extensif pour le personnel nouvellement qualifié

Allocation de zone à coût élevé

Qualifications

• Diplôme ou degré d'OT requis.
• Compréhension des compétences de travail de groupe.
• Expérience dans un cadre de santé mentale aiguë.

Responsibilities

• Assister à l'identification et à la fourniture des contributions d'OT dans le service pluridisciplinaire.
• Évaluer, planifier, livrer et évaluer les interventions.
• Gérer un cas défini d'usagers avec des besoins liés à l'occupation.

Skills

Evidences de travail centré sur la personne

Evidences de travail conformément aux valeurs de notre Trust

Education

Diplôme ou Degré d'Ottoccupational Therapist

Job description

Go back Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Occupational Therapist

Information:

This job is now closed

Job summary

Would you like to be part of a forward thinking mental health inpatient service? We are 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.

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

• 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 per year and a maximum payment of £2,121 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly)

The salary listed is inclusive of the High-Cost Area Allowance.

Main duties of the job

• 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 therequirements 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 orientatedprinciples and practice.

Please be aware, that although we are a Mental Health Ward, all staff are expected to wear PPE in line with Government Guidelines.

The post holder needs to be physically able to complete physical interventions training and use the skills when supporting with restraints.

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).

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

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.

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 mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualification

• OT Diploma or Degree

Experience

• Understanding of Groupwork skills
• Experience in acute inpatient mental health setting

skills

• Evidence of working in a person-centred way
• Evidence of working in line with our Trust values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

£31,469 to £38,308 a yearper annum (inclusive of high cost area supplement)