B6 Community Occupational Therapist
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Guildford
- Salary
- £39,205 to £47,084 (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata
- Closing date
- 10 Dec 2024
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- Profession
- Occupational therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and join our dynamic Occupational Therapy team at Guildford Community Mental Health Recovery Service.
We offer innovative ways of delivering occupational therapy in Community Mental Health Recovery Services. The post will include delivering both individual and group occupational therapy interventions offering a clear care pathway, these interventions include:
We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to offering extensive, co-ordinated CPD programmes including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
This exciting opportunity is offered within our community mental health service and will be based primarily within Guildford. The postholder however, may be expected to work within all surrounding community services, as need arises.
The post constitutes a 50% delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions and a 50% of care coordination/lead professional for people with occupational needs.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guildford CMHRS
Redwood Centre, Community Mental Health Service
Guildford
GU2 7LX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
325-6677616-COMM-A
We offer innovative ways of delivering occupational therapy in Community Mental Health Recovery Services. The post will include delivering both individual and group occupational therapy interventions offering a clear care pathway, these interventions include:
- Occupation Matters Programme - a 20 week group which utilises Lifestyle Redesign principles.
- Recovery through Occupation - a 6 week group which uses the Re-Motivation process to improve an individual's motivation and social skills.
- New Horizons - our occupational therapy led discharge pathway to support a smooth transition from secondary services
- Individual occupational therapy
- Comprehensive occupational therapy assessments
We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to offering extensive, co-ordinated CPD programmes including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
- To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.
- To communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.
- To contribute to the generic functioning of the team.
- To provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate)
- To provide occupational therapy student placements.
- To contribute to service development and audits.
- To take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.
This exciting opportunity is offered within our community mental health service and will be based primarily within Guildford. The postholder however, may be expected to work within all surrounding community services, as need arises.
The post constitutes a 50% delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions and a 50% of care coordination/lead professional for people with occupational needs.
About us
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a maximum payment of £2,122)
- NHS Pension: employers contribution 20.86% from day one. One of the UK's best pension scheme
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust Service) plus bank holiday (pro-rata)
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Completion of a Fieldwork Educators' course
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post qualification clinical experience
- Experience of using multiple occupational frames of reference and approaches
- Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
Desirable
- Experience of contributing to service development/project work
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Guildford CMHRS
Redwood Centre, Community Mental Health Service
Guildford
GU2 7LX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
325-6677616-COMM-A
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