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SalaryAre you interested about working in mental health and supporting individuals to achieve their goals and live more fulfilling lives?
Are you keen to work a fascinating and ever-changing environment?
Are you curious, creative and always looking for new learning opportunities and ways to implement this into practice?
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapists to join our band 5 OT bank pool.
Working shifts are Monday- Friday 8-4, however there will be opportunities for weekend working subject to service needs. This will attract additional enhancements and flexible working opportunities.
We are looking for staff for occasional work or for a set period.
Langley Green consists of four wards and we care for 70 patients within these. We also have an Acute Day Service, CRHT and Haven Service. We are passionate about delivering patient-centred care and involve patient feedback in every decision and improvement we make.
Main duties of the job
The role will include assessment and delivery of evidence-based OT interventions, to facilitate wellbeing, and optimise independent functioning in self-care, productivity and leisure activities, from an occupational perspective.
We are looking therefore for people who will take the opportunities afforded by this, and who can foster effective working relationships with professionals and with service users.
Assessments and Interventions will take place in home environments, community settings and the in-patient ward, with flexibility of working required to meet service user needs.
This is a great opportunity to acquire new OT skills or consolidate existing
knowledge that is transferable across teams and service user groups.
Working for our organisation
We are a small and supportive OT Team. We will offer regular supervision to support you in the role
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be a core member of the local clinical team, using mental health and occupational therapy assessments.
- To manage a caseload of clients with mental health needs
- To plan and implement client centred individual and group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
- To identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention
- To apply an understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client's social and physical environment
- To carry out carers assessments and implement a plan of care accordingly
- Have a basic working knowledge of the medication prescribed for the persons in their care. To include usual dosage, common side effects and the need for any special monitoring. Any reported or observed side effects must be brought to the attention of the prescriber.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy
- Registration with the HPC as an Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of successful completion of a COT standard preceptorship programme
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience of being supervised
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
