Occupational Therapist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Stratford-upon-Avon; Vor Ort; GBP 28.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Annual leave entitlement

CPD opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes (lease cars,

NHS discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Zusammenfassung

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join the South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team. You will deliver specialist OT assessments and interventions, collaborating with service users, families and carers to maximise recovery, independence and wellbeing in a varied community setting.

The role offers CPD opportunities, opportunities to influence service development, and a supportive multidisciplinary environment with two

Qualifikationen

• Experience delivering OT assessments and interventions in mental health.
• Ability to maximise recovery, independence and wellbeing for complex presentations.
• Collaborate with families, carers and MDT to develop care plans.

Aufgaben

• Deliver evidence-based OT assessments and interventions with individuals, families and carers.
• Maximise recovery, independence and wellbeing, including complex cases.
• Provide specialist OT guidance, supervision, and learning to the MDT.
• Contribute to developing the OT service within the team.

Kenntnisse

Occupational Therapy

Clinical reasoning

Team collaboration

Independent working

Jobbeschreibung

Are you a highly motivated, compassionate, and skilled Occupational Therapist, looking for growth and career development? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team, bringing your Occupational Therapy skills, ideas and creativity to a service focused on recovery, independence, and enhanced patient care. There are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities including wider OT service development and forums within Adult Community Mental Health.

Within South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team, You Will

• Deliver evidenced based Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions collaborating with individuals, their family, and carers.
• Maximise recovery, independence, and wellbeing, particularly when working with people with complex presentations and changing needs.
• Provide specialist OT advice, supervision, and shared learning opportunities to support and develop the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate to develop the OT service further within the team.

The post holder will work within the South Warwickshire Community Mental Health Service, with our two main bases at Stratford Health Care and Leamington Spa. You will work flexibly across the South Warwickshire area, responding to the needs of the service and the people we support. This provides an excellent opportunity to work across a varied community environment and develop a broad range of clinical experience.

Main duties of the job

We are excited to offer this Occupational Therapist opportunity within South Warwickshire CMHT, working with people with a wide range of mental health diagnoses, including both psychosis and non-psychosis.

You will conduct comprehensive specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and evidence-based interventions, using clinical reasoning skills to support people to maximise recovery, independence and wellbeing through meaningful activity, self-care, productivity, and leisure. This includes people with complex presentations, and with psychosis, trauma, sensory differences, and a wide range of mental health conditions. This may be through both 1:1 and group work.

You will work collaboratively with service users, families, carers, and the wider MDT, contributing your specialist OT knowledge to care planning, reviews and service development. As part of your Occupational Therapy role, you will also undertake delegated team-based tasks.

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Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement, increasing with length of service.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including lease cars/vehicles, Cycle to Work, home and electronics schemes, gym membership and more.
• NHS and employee discount schemes, providing savings across a wide range of retailers, restaurants, entertainment venues and other services.
• Dedicated wellbeing support, including access to an in-house counselling service, external support helpline and a range of wellbeing initiatives.
• Staff networks and support groups, helping colleagues connect, share experiences and create an inclusive workplace where everyone can feel they belong.

We are always looking for people who share our passion for improving lives, promoting wellbeing and making a positive difference within our communities. If you are someone who brings compassion, works collaboratively, strives for excellence and treats everyone with integrity and respect, we would love you to consider joining us.