Occupational Therapy Assistant

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust; Narborough; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in Narborough is seeking a proactive Occupational Therapy assistant (Band 3) to join the Mental Health Directorate at Stewart House. You will work in an MDT with Band 6/5 OTs to deliver OT interventions across functional, psycho-social, cognitive, sensory and physical health domains, supporting recovery from admission to discharge.

This 30-hour post offers Monday–Friday pattern; we value compassionate team players who can build rapport and engage patients

Qualifications

• Role as Band 3 Occupational Therapy assistant within MDT caring for adults with severe mental illness.
• Involves using assessments such as MOHOST/ACDM to guide OT interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing occupational therapy interventions across functional, psychosocial, cognitive, sensory and physical health domains.
• Collaborate within MDT with B6/Band 5 OTs to support patient recovery from admission to discharge.

Skills

Engagement & motivation

Rapport building

Communication

Tools

MOHOST

ACDM

Job description

We are delighted to offer an enthusiastic, self motivated team player to join our team as an Occupational Therapist assistant within the Directorate of Mental Health based at Stewart House in Narborough, 30 hours per week. This OT service has a Monday to Friday working pattern. Stewart House is a 30 bedded mixed gender adult Inpatient Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit that supports patients who have severe and enduring mental illness.

As a Band 3 Occupational Therapy assistant you will work within an MDT team with B6 and Band 5 Occupational Therapists and other OTAs to provide ongoing Occupational Therapy interventions and assessments to address patient needs in Functional, Psycho-social, Cognitive, Sensory and Physical Health areas. Working together as a team ensures we deliver high quality therapeutic care to patients who have experienced deterioration in their mental health and require longer term mental health rehabilitation. Using assessments eg, MOHOST, ACDM, we provide a range of occupational focused therapeutic interventions to support the patient journey of recovery from admission through to discharge. You will be able to demonstrate existing skills or convey your willingness to build on transferrable experience and skills when interacting with patients to support their recovery journey. This position forms part of the Occupational therapy service to our patients. You will have strong engagement and motivational skills and be flexible in working with patients with complex mental health needs during their recovery pathway. You will be part of a team supporting the patient journey of recovery from inpatient to community settings following a pathways model to meet individual's goals & identify ongoing needs and as such will be able to demonstrate experience of a strong team working ethic. You must be good at building rapport, therapeutic relationships and working closely with others to support patient recovery journey.

To contribute to the Occupational Therapy service within a Multi-Disciplinary format that provides specialist assessment and treatment in clinical care pathways. Effective written and verbal communication skills are essential when being an integral part of the MDT, informing recovery progress and providing information and feedback to the qualified OTs who are responsible to compile comprehensive OT assessments. The role entails working within a specialist therapy team to provide the Service and deliver high standards of practice.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants. 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