Occupational Therapist

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health service as an Occupational Therapist with the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This role involves providing client-centered support and interventions, contributing to a recovery-focused care model, and working collaboratively to enhance the quality of life for service users experiencing severe mental health challenges.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Previous mental health experience is required.
• Motivated to develop into a community mental health OT role.

Responsibilities

• Provide OT assessments and interventions for service users.
• Act as a Key Worker and develop clear OT pathways.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Collaboration

Client Centred Principles

Assessment Skills

Education

Occupational Therapy Degree

Job description

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We look forward to welcoming you to the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental health team - Assessment and Treatment Service as a band 6 OT.

If you'd like to be part of a dynamic, supportive, friendly, and innovative community mental health team dedicated to providing exceptional care for people living with severe and enduring mental health problems, we would like you to join us. Collaboration and teamwork are at the forefront of everything we do. As an OT you will provide OT specific assessments, interventions, group work, occupational formulation, and OT consultation to the multidisciplinary team.

You will have a caseload of people who are cared for within a recovery focused model of care designed to enable and encourage service users to develop positive coping strategies to maximise their quality of life and potential.

We are striving to establish clear OT pathways and processes in the new Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams, and to effectively articulate and communicate the unique contribution of OT in this community setting. We are keen to continually develop and improve, and this role would suit someone who is motivated and enthusiastic to establish a strong OT offer in the team, and participate more widely to OT development and OT priorities in East Sussex.

We believe in a healthy work-life balance and offer flexibility to accommodate your personal and professional needs and preferences.

To provide occupational therapy interventions for service users using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within the clinical area.

To act as a Key Worker if appropriate and to cover duty on a rota basis. Working autonomously in the community and with our third sector partners and other organisations

We can offer you development opportunities including group planning and facilitation skill development, experience using a range of OT standardised assessments, embedding occupational formulation, and training in specific intervention approaches. As your career develops, we can provide you with leadership experiences, and opportunities to develop specialist skills and interests (for example using sensory approaches, Recovery through Activity, and leadership skills training).

The NHS is changing and with more emphasis on community-based care there's never been a better time to join us. Over the next few years, community mental health services are going to be undergoing a real transformation and you could be part of these exciting developments. Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health clinicians will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues.

We recognise that working in mental health can be stressful so we prioritise staff welfare, providing regular supervision, reflective practice, mentoring, and any other support that our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing. You will have access to other CPD opportunities including the Trust's AHP training offer and the East Sussex OT CPD community network and development hubs.

If you are an OT with previous mental health experience who has a desire to develop into a community mental health OT role, please contact us as we would be delighted to talk about any development opportunities.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please contact [e-mail] if you want to know more about the role.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alex Bogdanovic Job title: Eastbourne NMHT Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07922591434

Alex Bogdanovic

Eastbourne NMHT Service Manager

St Mary's House

Eastbourne

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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