Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm- hours/days to be agreed)
- Job ref
- 444-6457689-CG
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Railings
- Town
- Rugby
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Pro Rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapist/ Key worker
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.
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Job overview
Band 6 Occupational Therapist – North Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team for Adults
We are looking for two Occupational Therapists who want to develop their careers and be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team that works creatively with those with mental health conditions across North Warwickshire.
Working for our Team offers you the opportunity to develop some excellent specialist skills and take part in innovative and effective interventions. Time is spent investing in you and your development both as a team member and Occupational Therapist. There is potential to shadow colleagues when you first start and lots of training opportunities within the team, with time given to allow you to access this. This will enable you to confidently undertake the role of delivering treatment and interventions to your patients.
We are continually exploring ways to continue to further develop the delivery of Occupational Therapy within this setting, with good peer support networks and OT specific training and forums.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The team has invested in considerable staff training and development over the years to develop staff skills with working with our patient group. Working within an established team, you will be managing a caseload of patients who have complex mental health problems and delivering Occupational Therapy Interventions as well as other psychologically informed interventions. Full training will be given on these. You will act as a specialist OT as well as having a caseload of generic responsibilities such as duty, assessments and providing treatment and interventions to our patients. As a successful candidate you will have the opportunity to build your skills and confidence. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using evidence-based approaches and time limited interventions. You will be communicating with a wide variety of patients; professionals; partners and agencies
Working for our organisation
About us
Working for our Team is demanding and hard work but incredibly rewarding. It offers the opportunity to develop some excellent specialist skills and take part in imaginative and effective interventions. The nature of the team means that you bring your knowledge, experience, enthusiasm and empathy and are exposed to the knowledge and skills of other colleagues within the team, which promotes growth and development within your own practice at an accelerated rate. We are a team that recognises the work we do can be difficult at times and we have a strong supportive approach- both in professional matters and passing on good practice, learning and sharing risk but also when it impacts on us personally. We recognise the value in Supervision, and this is why we ensure we offer a range, including CBT supervision, Peer Supervision, Caseload Supervision & Development Supervision. They are well spaced, and this is something the team feel adds to the varying levels of support and shared responsibility.
The role is very rewarding, with a strong team spirit, where everyone is valued. We are looking for someone who brings warmth and a sense of humour, both able to work autonomously but a real team-player.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of working in our team you will be working with some individuals with complex mental health problems both with psychotic illness and non-psychosis presentations. Some people will present with significant trauma and emotional dysregulation. This can be a challenging client group; however, we have a positive attitude & non-judgmental approach toward our patient group, understanding what has brought them to their current presentation, recognising individual strengths and establishing clear, focussed, professional relationships that identify clear boundaries and expectations for both the patient and clinician. This empowers both patient and clinician to see what can be achieved through clear collaborative care planning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current unrestricted registration with HCPC
- Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and theory
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma
- Relevant training and experience specialist short courses
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issues
- Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Developed specialist clinical knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
- Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk taking
- Experience of safeguarding
- Experience of supervising / overseeing staff and students
- Experience of using recovery focused intervention.
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 Stone-Johnston
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist – CMHT
- Email address
- [email protected]
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