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Senior Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
270-TE552-ACS-D
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
John Greenwood Shipman Centre and Berrywood Hospital
Town
Northampton
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 08:00

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Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Occupational Therapist

Band 7

Job overview

NHFT is really excited  to be recruiting an occupational therapist post in the CAMHS Intensive outreach team, this is a fairly new Service within Northamptonshire, come and join us in developing this new team and enhancing the CQC Outstanding Services we offer.

The CAMHS Intensive Outreach team will offer Intensive Home Treatment for young people across Northamptonshire. The team will be attached to the CAMHS Inpatient provision, offering assessment, risk management and stabilisation. The CAMHS inpatient knowledge and expertise of managing Tier 4 admissions will be utilised to inform the interventions and management strategies. Part of this new role will be to work alongside inpatients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a defined area of work  within the CAMHS inpatients units and IOT alongside.

They will be supervising junior staff members and  undertake Occupational Therapy and sensory assessments as needed, using clinical knowledge and skills to carry out a comprehensive assessment of clients.   The post holder will analyse and evaluate the information obtained during assessment to develop, implement and monitor Occupational Therapy goals/care plans consistent with good practice.  They will continually monitor and evaluate treatment, in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Current HCPC registered
  • Degree in Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
  • 12 months experience in CAMHS
  • Understanding of Trauma and attachment

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Experience in mental health setting
  • Clinical experience including individual and group work
  • Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of therapeutic relationship building
  • Able to work collaboratively within a team structure
  • Experience of supervising others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sandra mehrtens
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03000271391
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