Senior (Specialist) Occupational Therapist - Specialist Recovery

St Andrew's Healthcare; Northampton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading mental health charity as a Senior Occupational Therapist, where you'll play a crucial role in transforming lives. This position focuses on delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in a supportive environment. You'll work within a multi-disciplinary team, managing a clinical caseload while driving quality improvement initiatives. This role offers the chance to further develop your skills in a dynamic setting, with opportunities for professional growth and collaboration. If you are passionate about making a difference in mental health care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Pension

27 days annual leave

Life cover

Car lease scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Paid DBS application

Access to free vocational qualifications

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience as an occupational therapist.
• Evidence of line management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver OT-specific assessment and treatment to individuals and groups.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team and manage a clinical caseload.

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Communication Skills

Clinical Assessment

Team Collaboration

Risk Assessment

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Career Opportunities: Senior (Specialist) Occupational Therapist - Specialist Recovery (36344)

Senior (Specialist) Occupational Therapist - Specialist Recovery

Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Salary: £37,969 - £45,418 per annum, pro rata (NHS Band 6)

Part Time Hours: 3 days / 22.5 hours per week although full time hours may be considered.

We are looking for a driven, passionate, and experienced Occupational Therapist who is committed to delivering effective patient-focused care. We are looking for someone who is attentive to the quality and development of clinical outcomes, as well as supporting the overall management and leadership of the Occupational Therapy service within the division.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate specialist skills developed over their career. They will support the Occupational Therapy team in driving the Occupational Therapy strategy forward, contributing to continual quality improvement and service development and innovation. They will also require the skills to role model and energize the workforce with a ‘can do’ approach, understanding that the health and wellbeing of our staff is critical to the care and treatment of those using our service.

Our Charity

We are St Andrew’s, a mental health charity that inspires hope. We work together with a number of organizations to transform the lives of people with complex mental health needs. We provide specialist mental healthcare and deliver a range of inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education, and research that helps to improve lives.

Our vision for the future is a society in which everyone living with mental health needs is heard, valued, and has hope for their future. As a charity, all of our profits are re-invested into new services and facilities. Because we’re independent, we have the flexibility to make a real difference. Joining us is your chance to make a significant contribution to amazing work that is transforming the lives of some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Specialist Recovery Division

The Specialist Recovery Division (SRD) comprises six inpatient units, three rehabilitation houses, and a small community service spanning across low security, specialist rehabilitation, acute services, and community-facing services. This role will focus on supporting our low secure service on Spencer North, which is a 14-bedded ward for males aged 18-65. Patients admitted to the ward experience a range of mental health issues. You will receive direct support and mentorship from the Highly Specialist OT in the team and will line manage the Technical Instructor currently working on the ward. Within the Occupational Therapy team, we offer comprehensive treatment through meaningful occupation. Our aim is to equip patients with the life skills required to live a life worth living through improved health and wellbeing, independence, purpose, and balance within their daily living.

The Person and Role

As an experienced registered OT, you would be joining a highly motivated, knowledgeable, and innovative OT team. You will contribute to a multi-disciplinary team, taking responsibility for a clinical caseload, and offering OT-specific assessment and treatment to groups and individuals within your care. Strong communication skills are essential, both written and verbal, with the ability to develop good professional relationships with members of the MDT. As this is a senior position within the team, there will also be some additional requirements:

• Minimum of 12 months experience as an occupational therapist.
• Evidence of line management responsibilities.
• Willingness to continue to work to standards of proficiency identified by HCPC and regulatory bodies.
• Deliver clinical treatments to a specialist standard and to enhance engagement outcome measures.
• Experience working in mental health/low security would be desirable.
• Experience of sensory integration would be desirable but not essential.
• Evidence of supporting and development within quality assurance; continuous quality improvement projects, auditing, service development.

As an employee of St Andrews, you will adopt an inclusive and ‘can do’ attitude in approaching your work. You will demonstrate a good understanding of OT within secure services, including an application of risk assessment skills. In sharing your experience of applying the OT process, you should also emphasize how you promote our specialism as a profession.

Continued professional development is encouraged, with access to a range of in-house CPD events, as well as an expectation to support the development and training of OT students. Further opportunities include networking with colleagues of the same and different grades within the service and The Charity.

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days after 10 years' service; Life cover; Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications.