Occupational Therapy Assistant

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Swineshead; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health services provider is seeking an Occupational Therapy Assistant to support patients with acute mental health needs. You will assist qualified staff in implementing therapy interventions and plan engaging therapeutic activities, collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team. If you are compassionate, motivated, and creative, this is an excellent opportunity to start a rewarding career in mental health.

Benefits

Wide range of training opportunities

Flexible working options

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge in mental health settings is desirable.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
• Creativity in planning and implementing therapeutic activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified staff in implementing patient occupational therapy interventions.
• Plan and deliver therapeutic activities tailored to individual needs.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to support patients.

Skills

Compassionate care

Collaborative approach

Ability to plan therapeutic activities

Job description

We are currently looking for someone to step into the role as an Occupational Therapy Assistant with our inpatient acute therapies team at the Peter Hodgkinson Centre in Lincoln. The role is predominantly based on Castle Ward, which provides assessment and treatment for female adults of working age who are acutely unwell, as part of inpatient mental health services provision.

The role also provides the opportunity to work with other members of the acute therapies team to provide inter-ward groups and interventions. As a valued team member, you will work with service users, the wider therapies and multidisciplinary team as part of your role to support individuals with acute mental health needs.

Your compassionate and collaborative approach will play a key part in people's recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient occupational therapy interventions through a mixture of groups and 1:1 working, undertaking things such as art, cooking, sensory work and gardening in a safe and person-centred way.

The Occupational Therapy Assistant role involves planning and implementing therapeutic activities appropriate to the needs, choices and interests of individuals in our care, under the supervision and guidance of a qualified Occupational Therapist within an acute inpatient mental health environment.

The Occupational Therapy Assistant will also be working with the in-house MDT which is designed to support the individual in our care throughout their journey with us.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall.

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions.

We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. If you are highly motivated, creative and innovative, and would like to explore a rewarding career experience as an Occupational Therapy Assistant, please apply.