Occupational Therapist - Band 5 & 6 Opportunities

St Andrew's Healthcare; Birmingham; Presencial; GBP 31.000 - 39.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Pension

Sickness policy (NHS)

Blue Light Card

Health service discounts

27 days annual leave

Life cover

Electric car lease

Cycle to work

Healthcare cash plan

Free parking

DBS application

Descripción de la vacante

St Andrew's Birmingham is seeking an energetic Occupational Therapist to join the inpatient adult mental health OT team in Stirchley. Band 5 and Band 6 opportunities are available, with 37.5 hours per week.

You will manage a clinical caseload, perform OT assessments and interventions, and work within a multidisciplinary team to support recovery and meaningful occupation for patients.

Formación

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and secure services is essential.
• Familiarity with models and approaches such as MOHO, sensory approaches and OT assessment tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication, plus ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated resilience and curiosity to support recovery and wellbeing.

Responsabilidades

• Manage a clinical caseload and provide OT assessments and treatments for inpatients.
• Deliver OT interventions to groups and individuals within care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote recovery and meaningful occupation.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Mental health knowledge

Resilience

Team collaboration

Descripción del empleo

We are currently looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and ambitious Occupational Therapist to join our Birmingham OT team.

Birmingham Service, Inpatient Adult Mental Health

Band 5 and 6 opportunites available

Location: Stirchley, Birmingham

Band 5 Salary: From £30,989

Band 6 Salary: From £38,729

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

A Bit About Us

We are St Andrew’s a mental health charity with a clear purpose: to inspire hope for people living with complex mental health needs. Our Birmingham site is on an ambitious improvement journey.

St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 125 bedded secure adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.

The Birmingham site has eight wards within a self-contained secure environment. There are a mix of low and medium secure wards with two wards offering services to women and male older adults. The site offers care and treatment to people with complex mental health and personality disorder diagnoses who require secure services. The service also benefits from other therapy resources such as an Art Studio, Workshop, Gym, Sports Hall, music space and courtyard area for horticulture.

Within the Occupational Therapy team, we offer comprehensive treatment through the medium of meaningful occupation. Our aim is to equip patients with the life skills required to live a life worth living through improved health and wellbeing, independence, purpose and balance within their daily living.

The Person and Role

You will contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical team, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload, and offering OT specific assessment and treatment to groups and individuals within your care. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with your clinical team and the wider professional team.

You will be able to show a good understanding of occupational therapy within inpatient services; demonstrating the hope occupational therapists bring to the lives of those in our care. You will also be able to share your experience of applying the OT process to achieve positive patient outcomes and demonstrate how you promote the profession within your clinical team.

The charity values the importance of continued professional development. This includes a personal development plan with access to a preceptorship programme, internal CPD events, networking opportunities with colleagues and external training were deemed clinically appropriate.

You Should Have

• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and/or secure services
• An interest, knowledge and understanding of a range of guiding theoretical frameworks and approaches. For example, Model of Human Occupation, VdT MoCA, occupational science, occupational diagnosis and sensory approaches.
• Knowledge and experience in using occupational assessment tools to support clinical reasoning, treatment planning and evaluation of interventions.
• Strong communication skills
• Resilience and curiosity

Previous experience within mental health, healthcare, social care or a secure environment would be beneficial, although we are also keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate the right values, attitude and transferable skills

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application;

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.