An excellent opportunity has arisen in North Devon for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly and experienced adult mental health inpatient team. We are looking for a motivated, passionate occupational therapist who strives to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of working aged adults with a Mental Health condition.

The role is based on the 16 bedded adult urgent care ward. You will be working in a friendly and supportive environment, with a focus on providing the very best patient care in a locality combining sea, moor, history and opportunity.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate experience within the OT role, who has the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team, have sound decision making skills and effective clinical reasoning.

The successful candidate will work creatively to develop the role and work with senior members of the team on driving service development. The successful applicant will be required to demonstrate excellent assessment and interpersonal skills, supporting patients and their families through shared decision making, to make informed choices about their treatment and conditions.

The successful applicant will provide supervision for junior members of the team. Our focus will also be on your individual development. You will have regular clinical supervision, and we use a positive appraisal process to help plan your development and work with you to achieve your professional goals.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile making time for people challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

• Assess and treat own specialist caseload of clients within identified settings
• Act as clinical OT within the inpatient services, ensuring effective planning and delivery of the service and manage a small team ensuring effective planning and delivery of the service
• To ensure supervision for OT staff within the inpatient setting to ensure a high standard of client care.
• Contribute to the development of high quality occupational therapy services through the professional clinical governance frameworks including audit
• Provide professional advice and expertise to the urgent inpatient management team
• Report to the OT Manager on professional issues and Ward Manager on operational issues.

For full Job Description, please see separate attached document.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Substantive post-graduate experience working in a range of mental health settings
• Experience of supervising a range of people

Desirable

• Experience of leading service development
• Experience of working in Urgent inpatient services

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication / interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate clearly and confidently to a range of people
• Excellent literacy and IT skills
• Ability to present information logically and concisely both verbally and in writing
• Ability to deal with complex and emotionally charged situations

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma / Degree Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of further training, with particular emphasis on mental health

Desirable

• Short specialist courses to Masters equivalent level

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

North Devon District Hospital

Raleigh Park

Barnstaple

Devon

EX31 4JB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

C9369-25-0008