Occupational Therapist – Mental Health Adult Inpatient

The friendly Occupational Therapy team in Newham are inviting a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the Inpatient Occupational Therapy Mental Health Team. This is an ideal opportunity for your first Band 5 role, and we are inviting passionate final year students to apply as well. (There is the option of starting as a Band 4 whilst awaiting HCPC registration.)

The Occupational Therapist is part of the established multi-disciplinary team and the role is to undertake specific Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions of referred individuals, the emphasis is on supporting the person to achieve their goals in self-care, productivity and leisure to continue to live at home; group work is encouraged; another aspect of the role is generic assessment and joint working with other team members.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide Occupational Therapy specific assessments and intervention/treatments to a designated caseload of inpatient adult service users with mental health issues and support needs via a range of individual and or group treatments.
• To develop and maintain links with the Inpatient and Community services, relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• To support students on practice education placements when required
• To contribute to the planning and evaluation of Inpatient OT services

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

The salary for this role is £36,943 to £44,900 a year per annum Inc HCA.

Benefits:

• Agenda for Change pay scheme
• Permanent contract
• Full-time working pattern

Person Specification:

• Education: Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy, HCPC Registration
• Knowledge: Developed interpersonal skills, Analytical & clinical reasoning skills, Ability to apply specialist skills in individual and group based OT assessments, interventions and evaluations
• Other: Physical skills required to facilitate a wide range of activities, Mental and emotional effort required to undertake intense concentration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.