Senior Occupational Therapist

Sussex Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave within the COAST team, supporting young people with acute mental health difficulties. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate client-centred interventions, promote OT within the clinical area and act as a care coordinator when appropriate.

Working closely with families, schools and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will manage a complex caseload and contribute to service

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave, to join our dynamic crisis outreach acute support team (COAST) in supporting young people experiencing acute mental health difficulties. As a Senior Occupational Therapist you will offer the opportunity to provide occupational therapy interventions for referred clients using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within the clinical area. To act as a care coordinator if appropriate. Working collaboratively with families, education providers, and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will make a meaningful difference at a critical point in a young person's journey and hope while supporting safe alternatives to hospital admission. Operate as a senior occupational therapy practitioner and manage an appropriate complex clinical caseload. To check JD. This is an excellent time for Occupational Therapists to be joining Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as we have launched our first AHP Strategy and can offer the following to you:

• Regular professional supervision
• The opportunity to participate in a range of quality improvement work and service innovations.
• Access to a wide range of training and CPD opportunities including
• oA programme of AHP specific training
• oQuarterly Occupational Therapy CPD Hubs
• oCommunities of Practice (Recovery through Activity and Sensory Strategies)

Have a look at our AHP strategy and view our film athttps://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/AHP

SPFT provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex. The trust is rated as 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC.

SPFT encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

You will receive supervision from the CAMHS Occupational Therapy professional lead within the wider CAMHS services and have opportunities to network with Occupational Therapists across Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in Sussex.