Occupational Therapist - Birmingham

The Person and Role You will contribute to a multi-disciplinary clinical 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 your clinical team and the wider professional team. You will be able to show a good understanding of occupational therapy within inpatient services; demonstrating the hope Occupational Therapists bring to the lives of those in our care. You will also be able to share your experience of applying the OT process to achieve positive patient outcomes and demonstrate how you promote the profession within your clinical team. The charity value the importance of continued professional development. This includes a personal development plan with access to a preceptorship programme, internal CPD events, networking opportunities with colleagues and external training where deemed clinically appropriate. You should have: Knowledge of mental health diagnoses and/or secure services An interest, knowledge and understanding of a range of guiding theoretical frameworks and approaches. For example Model of Human Occupation, VdT MoCA, occupational science, occupational diagnosis and sensory approaches. Knowledge and experience in using occupational assessment tools to support clinical reasoning, treatment planning and evaluation of interventions. Strong communication skills Resilience and curiosity