Occupational Therapist

Florin Chilian; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking mental health inpatient service as an Occupational Therapist. This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. You will play a vital role in shaping therapeutic environments and promoting recovery-focused care. With exceptional professional development opportunities, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact on the lives of service users in a diverse community. If you're passionate about providing excellent care and thrive in a compassionate environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have current UK professional registration.
• Experience in a person-centred approach is essential.

Responsibilities

• Shape the culture of inpatient settings to enhance therapeutic interventions.
• Conduct home visits and assessments as required.

Skills

Person-Centred Care

Groupwork Skills

Physical Interventions Training

Education

Occupational Therapy Diploma or Degree

Job description

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Job Summary

Would you like to be part of a forward thinking mental health inpatient service? The Ruby ward team is looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join them.

Job Summary

Would you like to be part of a forward thinking mental health inpatient service? The Ruby ward team is 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.

Main duties of the job

As Occupational Therapists, we are positioned to shape the culture of inpatient settings to promote a therapeutic day that co-exists to enhance therapeutic interventions and recovery-focused ethos on the units.

Applicants are required to be a car drivers and have access to a car for home visits and assessments unless supported by the Equality Act whereby the Trust will be expected to make reasonable adjustments for the successful candidate.

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

You must be able to complete Physical Interventions Training to work on the ward.

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 strategy

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.

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Date posted

22 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-AC0665-C

Job locations

Ruby ward

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone, Kent

ME16 9PH

Job Description

Job responsibilities

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

Job Description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• OT Diploma or Degree
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of Groupwork skills
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in acute inpatient mental health setting
  
  

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of working in a person-centred way
  
  

Desirable

• Evidence of working in line with our Trust values
  
  

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Evidence of working in a person-centred way
  
  

Desirable

• 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Ruby ward

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone, Kent

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Ruby ward

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone, Kent

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

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