Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 267-OPBAND667
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warneford Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum and pro rata, incentive scheme
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Occupational Therapist - Recruitment Day
Band 6
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
Join us at our recruitment open day to chat to members of the team and find out more about this brilliant opportunity...
Saturday 6th July | 10am-1pm | Abingdon Hospital, OX14 1AG
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Are you an Occupational Therapist? Looking for a role in mental health that will showcase your skills and give you opportunities to learn and develop?
If so, Oxford Health have opportunities available in our Band 6 mental health rotation that focuses on developing your complex Occupational Therapy clinical skills and investing in growing your leadership capacity.
In this role you will gain experience of inpatient, community, and forensic settings. In each of the year long rotations you will be supported to develop your skills in a different area of clinical leadership. Including investment in training and completing quality improvement projects.
This role carries an incentive premium of £3,500 which will be paid in instalments over an 18th month period. Please note that this scheme is not open to existing employees of Oxford Health and is subject to a claw back clause.
Main duties of the job
This is a rotational band 6 occupational therapy post across forensic inpatient, crisis and home treatment team, alongside adult and older adult inpatient wards in Oxford. The post holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and treatment interventions for the specified service user group.
They will carry a complex caseload, work alongside the MDT, supervise junior members of the therapy team, support the development of the occupational therapy service provision within the setting and engage in leadership development as part of the role.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful candidates are expected to have confidence in their assessment and clinical reasoning skills, be able to manage their time effectively and be a proactive member of the multi-disciplinary team.
We actively encourage people who are interested or have questions about this role to get in touch and speak to us.
Contact for this role – Helen Burgess AHP Clinical Lead [email protected] Tel:07917505304
See attached JD for full details clinical, managerial and education/development responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- BSc/MSc Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
- Additional sensory training e.g ASI
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of mental health specific post registration training e.g AMPS, PSI
- Membership of RCOT may include specialist sections
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post graduate experience working as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience of working with mental health service users in a clinical role
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising and developing junior members of staff and students
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of undertaking audit or quality improvement work
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practise
- Broad knowledge and application of OT in mental health
Desirable criteria
- Ability to apply the Model of Human Occupation
- Ability to relate knowledge of physical health to mental health setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Burgess
- Job title
- Allied Health Professionals Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917505304
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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