Senior Occupational Therapist

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Burslem; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellbeing opportunities

Greener NHS commitment

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for the CAMHS team in Stoke. This full-time fixed-term role (12 months) involves an 8am–8pm rota, Monday–Friday, with potential 12-hour shifts.

You will assess and deliver OT interventions to young people with mental health needs, liaise with professionals, and contribute to service development. The role emphasizes a person-centred approach, working with schools and carers, and supporting educational

Qualifications

• MOHO framework knowledge relevant to OT assessment and intervention.
• Bachelor-level or equivalent OT qualification and HCPC registration expected in general.
• Experience with paediatric mental health or neurodevelopmental settings is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide OT interventions for young people with mental health needs and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• Develop liaison with professionals in CAMHS and related services.
• Plan, develop, and evaluate OT services within the designated area and caseload.
• Apply MOHO model in OT assessments and interventions for young people and carers.
• Collaborate with schools and contribute to EHCP to support education engagement.
• Lead and plan management of treatments considering emotional, cognitive, physical, and social needs.
• Use a person-centred and collaborative approach with young people and carers.
• Evaluate treatment and modify as needed.
• Provide education and lifestyle advice to improve functioning in daily life.

Skills

MOHO framework

Occupational Therapy

Assessment

Planning & evaluation

Liaison with schools/ professionals

Person-centred approach

Interventions design

Job description

The North Stoke CAMHS Team are looking to recruit to a full-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist, fixed term for 12 months. It is an exciting time at Stoke CAMHS, we continue to strive to be more accessible to children and families and we are looking at reflecting this in the opening hours of the service, the service is moving towards an 8am to 8pm service, Monday to Friday. Therefore, the working hours will be rota based and may include 12-hour shifts. This working pattern not only provides better opportunities for children and their families but also enables practitioners to have a better work-life balance. The successful candidate will:

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for the assessment and provision of Occupational Therapy interventions to young people with mental health needs and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• Develop positive liaison and information links with all professionals working within the specialist area of child and adolescent mental health.
• Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.
• To undertake assessment and therapeutic interventions applying specialist knowledge and skills relevant to young persons and parent/carer's individual needs, utilising MOHO model of practice as evidence-based framework for OT assessment and intervention.
• To liaise with schools and contribute to EHCP in relation to identifying and meeting a young person's needs so that they are able to engage and achieve in an educational setting.
• To lead and plan management of treatment of young people in your clinical area taking into account their emotional, cognitive, physical, psychological, sensory and social needs.
• Using a person centred and collaborative approach with the young person and their parents/carers.
• Evaluate treatment and modify as appropriate.
• To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental health illness has on a young person's functioning, and provide appropriate intervention, training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the young person's physical and social environment, working with the young person, schools and parents/carers.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care. We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.