Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community mental health service is looking for an Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave. This role involves delivering high-quality therapeutic interventions and assessments within a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on supporting service users in the community. The ideal candidate will require a driving license and be able to work flexibly from different bases across Kirklees.

Benefits

Training opportunities and regular supervision

Robust induction plan

Qualifications

• Values contribution of others.
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
• Extensive clinical practice skills including individual and group work.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment to service users in community settings.
• Undertake patient-facing visits and maintain a caseload.
• Act as the care programme co-ordinator as necessary.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Flexibility

Education

Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy

Health Care Professions Council registration

Job description

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 24 July 2025

Hello, my name is Judith Megson, I am the team manager forthe older adult community mental health team (CMHT) in Kirklees.

We are seeking to recruit anOccupational Therapist to cover maternity leave (until mid-February 2026). Weare looking for someone who matches ourvalues and who can support us to continue to provide high standards ofassessment, treatment and care to our service users, to enable them to livewell in their community.

This is an excitingopportunity for an Occupational Therapist who can work in a flexible,innovative and creative way. The role is based in Huddersfield working Mondayto Friday 9am-5pm. The team has 2 geographical bases, and you are required todeliver a mental health/OT service Kirklees wide. A car driver is thereforeessential.

You would require a broadrange of experience and ability to joint work as part of a multidisciplinaryteam, manage a varied caseload predominately OT focused, carry out initialassessments, undertake duty worker role, demonstrate clinical decision-makingskills and to think creatively on your feet as both a generic practitioner andan OT.

A robust induction plan,training opportunities and regular supervision will be provided to promotecareer progression and personal well-being.

Informal enquiries/arrange avisit contact Judith Megson, Team Manager 01924 316865.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Main duties of the job

As part of amulti-disciplinary team undertake a duty worker role and be responsible fortriaging referrals, completing evidence-based assessments and deliver highquality therapeutic interventions to address the needs of the service user.

Give support to the serviceuser/family/carer and interpret the assessment results to plan and implement aclient centred treatment programme to achieve therapeutic goals.

The post will involvepatient-facing visits in the community and responsibility of your ownOccupational therapy caseload. Where clinical demand arises Care coordinatorrole maybe required.

You will ensure therapeuticinterventions are of a high professional standard, informed by evidence-basedpractice and involves the service user/carer in all aspects of the careprogramme.

You will be able to respondflexibly and creatively to challenges and participate in appropriate clinicalteam meetings, referral meetings, case conferences, care programme approachmeetings and any other as required by clinical demand and as directed.

Maintain professionalregistration/demonstrate commitment to statutory codes of practice andcontinued professional development requirements.

Atthe time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements(salary threshold or occupational requirements) set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsorcandidates to work in the UK. For this reason, unfortunately we are unable tosponsor anyone on a visa for this role at this moment in time.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

For full job description, please see attached supportingdocuments.

The post holderwill be required to work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinaryteam, providing specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment forservice users in receipt of care from community services. Enabling service users to engage in a rangeof individual and group community based treatment activities. You will be actively involved in thepromotion of occupational therapy within the service area. The post holder will be required towork flexibly to meet the needs of the service and the client group.

Toundertake specific standardised and non-standardised assessments to formulateeffective treatment plans in conjunction with the service user, family andcarer.

Tointerpret the assessment results in order to plan and implement a clientcentred occupational therapy treatment programme on an individual and/or groupbasis using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

Toensure therapeutic interventions are of a high professional standard, informedby evidence based practice and involves the service user and carer in allaspects of the care programme.

Todemonstrate knowledge and understanding of the effect of disability providingtraining and advice on lifestyle changes/adaptations to the clients social andphysical environments.

Toact as the care programme co-ordinator as required and to offer carers anassessment and care plan where appropriate.

Tocontribute to a co-ordinated team approach throughout the assessment and inmeeting the service users needs including developing and maintaining closeworking relationships with all relevant services, and agencies within thevoluntary sector.

Toregularly evaluate the effectiveness of group and individual occupationaltherapy interventions by undertaking specific audits and using outcome measuressuch as standardised / other relevant assessments and service user satisfactionquestionnaires.

Tocontinue treatment interventions where necessary to assist in the transition ofskills from an inpatient setting to living independently within the community.

Towork effectively within the multi-agency team ensuring that both written andverbal communication is clearly maintained to ensure a seamless service.

Tobe responsible for the maintenance of appropriate clinical records concernedwith service user treatment, in accordance with risk management documentationguidelines.

Toarrange/attend appropriate clinical team meetings, referral meetings, caseconferences, care programme approach meetings and any other as required byclinical need and as direct by the Line/Service Manager.

Toprovide accurate and timely reports, statistical data through the electronic recordingsystem and other information as required.

Toparticipate in monthly clinical and managerial supervision and to provideclinical supervision to other occupational therapy staff/ support staff.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicantsare using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job applicationforms.Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms isstrongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process beforeselecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI toenhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs applicationform.

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Person Specification

Personal Attributes

• Values contribution of others.
• Ability to motivate self and others.
• Organisational skills.
• Effective communication skills, verbal and written.
• Willingness to work flexibly.
• A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).

Special Knowledge & Skills

• Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions relevant to mental health.
• Extensive clinical practice skills including individual and group work.
• Understanding of occupational therapy outcome measures.
• Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues.
• Supervisory / appraisal skills.
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.
• Detailed knowledge of mental health/learning disabilities legislation and current practice including policy drivers.
• Detailed knowledge of clinical governance and its application.

Training

• Practice Education/Practice Assessor Preparation Certificate (or to achieve within 12 months).
• To be willing to undertake post graduate training to further skills, knowledge and expertise.
• Post graduate training relevant to mental health such as, psychosocial interventions, cognitive behavioural / counselling skills / standardised assessment.

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Health Care Professions Council registration.
• Leadership / first line management certificate.

Experience

• Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
• Supervision of staff and / or students.
• Experience of a range of mental health/learning disabilities settings.

Physical Attributes

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

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.

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