An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and join our dynamic Occupational Therapy team in Guilford and Waverley Community Mental Health Team for Older People.

We offer innovative ways of delivering evidence based and and outcome measured occupational therapy. The post includes delivering individual and group occupational therapy interventions offering a clear care pathway. Interventions include:

• Lifestyle Matters Programme - a 20 session group which utilises Lifestyle Redesign principles and is referred to in the NICE guidelines (2009) where it is identified as the Occupational Therapy Intervention of choice for Older Adults.
• Memory Matters Programme - a 6 session group for people with early stages of dementia and their carers. The group provides an educational element based around promoting a healthy lifestyle for the brain (exercise, diet, mental stimulation, sleep, stress management, an active social life).
• 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:

• 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.
• Communicate effectively with people who access services, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and when appropriate outside agencies.
• Contribute to the generic functioning of the team.
• Provide supervision and mentoring to more junior occupational therapists, occupational therapy apprenticeships, support workers and activities coordinators (as appropriate).
• Provide occupational therapy student placements.
• Contribute to service development and audits.
• Take on the role of lead professional as appropriate.

The job will be within our Guildford/Waverley Older People Community Mental Health Team and be based at The Larches, Farnham Road Hospital/Berkeley House in Godalming. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly across the older people services to enable the delivery of the occupational therapy group programme.

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
• Experience in applying knowledge of the impact of health and disability on occupational performance, participation and identity
• Evidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
• Evidence of clinical reasoning skills
• UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes

Desirable

• Experience of contributing to service development/project work
• Experience as a supervisor
• Experience of group facilitation
• Experience of supporting students on placement

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Berkeley House

11-13 Ockford Road

Godalming

GU7 1QU

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