Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

We are delighted to introduce occupational therapy across our all age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance community-based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop occupational therapy provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing an occupational perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen occupational therapy leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist within the team, you will be providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation, and interventions for people who are experiencing acute mental health crisis and their families. Your occupationally focused interventions will support recovery, independence, and participation in meaningful occupations. You will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and support timely discharges from hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their families/carers/support staff by delivering high-quality occupational therapy assessments, interventions, formulation, and consultation.
• Provision of clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team and others as required.
• These will be undertaken within an accessible, non-stigmatising service that contributes to the specialist needs of the individuals referred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £51,657 to £58,785 per annum
• Free parking
• Excellent health and wellbeing support
• Flexible working
• Wide range of staff networks
• Opportunities for professional development and progression

Person Specification

• Essential qualifications: Occupational Therapy professional qualification, Driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes
• Desirable qualifications: Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to the area of work, Leadership training or relevant leadership experience, Clinical supervision training
• Essential experience: Extensive and relevant post-qualification experience with people who have complex mental health needs, Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work, Highly specialist knowledge of relevant occupational therapy assessment and treatment models, Experience of providing supervision
• Desirable experience: Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust