Occupational Therapist Assistant

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 22,552 - 27,563; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual base salary of £25,058

33 days annual leave plus birthday off

Career development and training

Wellbeing support

Life Assurance

Pension contribution

Free/subsidised meals

Access to rewards platform

Job summary

NHS is seeking an Occupational Therapist Assistant to join Spring Wood Lodge and support women with complex emotional and mental health issues. You will work under the guidance of Occupational Therapists, assisting in structured activities and therapeutic interventions.

Your role will involve assessing, planning, and implementing care plans while empowering service users to participate in their recovery. Enjoy benefits like a competitive salary, annual leave, and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• GCSE/O-Levels (A-C) or a relevant NVQ2.
• Experience in a similar environment & Mental Health.
• Verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assisting Occupational Therapists, Nurses and other MDT staff in care plans.
• Supporting service users to achieve their goals.
• Maintaining records in service user healthcare records.
• Delivering structured activities and interventions.

Skills

Experience in a similar environment

Mental Health knowledge

Verbal and written communication skills

Education

GCSE/O-Levels (A-C) or a relevant NVQ2

Job description

Are you an Occupational Therapist Assistant looking to work for a company that supports, values and recognises your dedication to delivering great healthcare? If so, this might be for you.

Join Spring Wood Lodge as an Occupational Therapist Assistant and change the lives of women over the age of 18 who have complex emotional and mental health problems associated with significant risk behaviours. Typically they have a diagnosis of personality disorder or a severe mental illness. Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, you will support the service in delivering structured activities, assist in planning individual and group therapeutic interventions, build one‑to‑one rapport with service users to encourage participation and empower recovery, and contribute to the assessment, monitoring, evaluation and modification of structured activities to ensure effectiveness.

Job responsibilities

• Assisting Occupational Therapists, Nurses and other MDT staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plans.
• Supporting service users to achieve their goals and access appropriate services.
• Maintaining adequate records, entering details into the service user healthcare records.
• Delivering structured activities and therapeutic interventions in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Location

1 Towngate Close, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 9PQ

What You’ll Get

• Annual base salary of £25,058
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely‑Vate
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work‑life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card for exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages and financial wellbeing support
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Pension contribution
• Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking

Qualifications

• GCSE/O‑Levels (A‑C) or a relevant NVQ2
• Experience in a similar environment & Mental Health
• Verbal and written communication skills

Person Specification

• GCSE/O‑Levels (A‑C) or a relevant NVQ2
• Experience in a similar environment & Mental Health
• Verbal and written communication skills

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.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand their individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.