Occupational Therapy Assistant

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Melton Mowbray; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is looking for enthusiastic Occupational Therapy Assistants to join their expanding MHSOP Community Occupational Therapy Service in Melton and Rutland. This part-time role involves assisting in patient recovery and delivering person-centered interventions, while working alongside a team of professionals. Candidates should be compassionate team players, confident drivers with healthcare experience.

Benefits

Access to apprenticeship programmes

Regular clinical supervision

Yearly appraisal

Wellbeing events

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare is essential.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions relevant to the patient group.
• Full UK driving license and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Assist Occupational Therapists in supporting patient recovery.
• Organize and coordinate activities aligned with patient care plans.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication

Compassion

Initiative

Teamwork

Job description

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Calling all budding or existing Occupational Therapy Assistants!

Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Community Occupational Therapy Service is expanding!

We have a part time (30 hours) Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) posts available Melton and Rutland. We are very excited to be able to offer these opportunities to new or existing OTAs.

The role of an OTA is a hugely rewarding and diverse career. You will be assisting our lovely team of Occupational Therapists and Assistants, supporting and encouraging our patients in their recovery journey and delivering person-centred interventions in a wide range of local community settings as well as the patient’s own homes.

As you will be working on your own within patients homes, it is essential you have experience in healthcare. You will also be caring and encouraging, have great communication skills and be able to demonstrate qualities such as compassion, initiative and most of all be able to work as part of a team! Successful candidates will have a knowledge of mental health conditions relevant to MHSOP’s patient group and an understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy and how this supports a person’s health and well-being.

The Occupational Therapy service is delivered very much as part of a multi-disciplinary team and post holders will be working alongside other mental health professionals to deliver integrated care which is very much in collaboration with the patient and their wider care network. The successful candidates will be working under the supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist as well as alongside other OTA’s within the service.

The MHSOP Community Occupational Therapy Service provides a range of training and career development opportunities including access to the apprenticeship programmes, subject to funding applications and suitability. As a service we also offer regular clinical and management supervision as well as a yearly appraisal and encourage attendance to regular wellbeing events .

It is essential as a community assistant that you are confident driver with a full UK driving license and access to a car throughout your working day.

We are sorry we are unable to offer sponsorship for our unregistered staff.

Sarah Wilson MHSOP Community Occupational Therapy Clinical Team Lead

We would very much welcome the opportunity for you to join us and if you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact:

Main Duties And Responsibilities

The successful candidate will demonstrate the Trust’s values in everything you do in the work environment, being responsible in the use and expenditure of the Trust’s resources that you utilise. Delivery of Effective Healthcare within the organisation, Working under the guidance of the Occupational Therapist, organise and coordinate appropriate activities for patients referred to the service in line with occupational therapy philosophy .This will include working with individuals and organising group activities and will include accompanying patients to community facilities.

The post holder will work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure that activity provision meets the identified needs of the client and is in line with the individual care plan, to assist in assessing service user’s clinical presentation, their therapeutic needs and abilities with other members of the MDT using appropriate standardised models. To feedback observations of clients involvement in activities to the Occupational Therapist and the members of the MDT. This will be written and verbal and will contribute to the patient’s care plan

To liaise with carers, outside agencies, volunteers, hospitals and community resources to facilitate the implementation of clinical interventions, supporting and encouraging carers and support staff to organise appropriate activities in addition to those provided by the OT team ensuring that activities are provided in a culturally sensitive manner

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.