Occupational Therapist

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Inpatient Occupational Therapy Mental Health Team in Newham. This role welcomes final year students and can start as Band 4 while HCPC registration is pursued.

You will undertake OT assessments and interventions for inpatient adults, promote self-care, productivity and leisure, and work with the MDT to help people live at home.

Qualifications

• OT degree and HCPC registration in progress
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Strong communication and patient-centred skills

Responsibilities

• Provide OT specific assessments and interventions to a designated caseload of inpatient adult service users with mental health issues and support needs.
• Develop and maintain links with the Inpatient and Community services, relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• Support students on practice education placements when required.
• Contribute to the planning and evaluation of Inpatient OT services.

Job description

The friendly Occupational Therapy team in Newham are invitingaBand 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Inpatient Occupational TherapyMental Health Team This is an ideal opportunity for your first Band 5role,and we are inviting passionate final year students to apply as well. (There is theoptionof starting as a Band 4 whilst awaiting HCPC registration.) The Occupational Therapist is part of the established multi-disciplinary team and the role is to undertake specific Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions of referred individuals, the emphasis is on supporting the person to achieve their goals in self-care, productivity and leisure to continue to live at home; group work is encouraged; another aspect of the role is generic assessment and joint working with other team members. Please contact us for any further discussions,visitsand to answer any questions you might have.

• To provide Occupational Therapy specific assessments and intervention/treatments to a designated caseload of inpatient adult service users with mental health issues and support needs via a range of individual and or group treatments.
• To develop and maintain links with the Inpatient and Community services, relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• To support students on practice education placements when required
• To contribute to the planning and evaluation of Inpatient OT services

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.