Job summary
- Main area
- Dementia
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-6918156-CG
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Longford Primary Care Centre
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team. If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
Candidate Information Pack - final version - digital (canva.com)
Job overview
The post holder will be required to work within the memory assessment and community dementia service.
The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of occupational therapy to individual clients and their families and carers via a range of evidence-based interventions. They will be expected to provide cover for peers across the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, planned or unplanned as required.
The post holder will ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to. The post holder will manage and organise competing and conflicting priorities and manage change in complex situations. The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area contributing to staff and service development.
The post holder will be required to undertake assessments, and to provide evidence-based clinical interventions to maximise independence and occupational participation as required by service needs or complex presentations.
The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area. The post holder will be responsible for providing assessment, intervention and audit relevant to their specialism. The post holder will be expected to supervise other staff.
Main duties of the job
- To assess service users using a variety of assessment tools, specialised observational and communication skills.
- To involve and empower both the individual and/or their carer to make decisions about their care and treatment now and for the future
- To provide a learning environment for staff and students.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Registered Occupational Therapist with post registration experience
Experience of working with and conducting assessments with individuals with a diagnosis of dementia or recent experience of working with older adults and conducting comprehensive assessments.
Responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of occupational therapy to individual clients and their families and carers via a range of evidence-based interventions.
To manage and organise competing and conflicting priorities and manage change in complex situations.
To be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area contributing to staff and service development.
To be a motivated and dynamic individual who has a commitment to the positive development of this service whose aim is to support people to live well with dementia.
Person specification
Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Relevant Professional Qualification in OT
- Current unrestricted registration with HCPC
- Substantial experience in a dementia or mental health setting
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk taking
- Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use
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
- andrew barratt
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 024 76707968
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