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Occupational Therapy Band 7 for Acute and Urgent Care (mental health)  

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for delivering exceptional standards of care?  

Have you worked or do you have a keen interest in Home Treatment Team in mental health?  

Are you looking for an opportunity to promote co production, improving patient experience and outcomes of care?  

Are you committed to developing new and exciting ways of working in Home Treatment Team in a mental health setting?  

If you answered yes to all of these questions, then you may be interested in applying for this unique and exciting new role to provide professional and clinical leadership to occupational therapy service. The focus of the role will be holding a complex caseload and delivering clinical Occupational Therapy to service users in Home Treatment Team and to liaise with Teams in Urgent Care. To work closely with multi professional colleagues particularly nursing colleagues to develop and embed the integrated clinical model; in particular to enhance opportunities for the delivery of occupational therapy with a focus on achieving to support transitional care, recovery and effective discharge planning and improving physical health.  

Main duties of the job

Essential criteria include a keen interest, clinical experience, leadership, advanced communications skills and a flexible approach is prerequisite. You will need to have a vision to implement service improvement initiatives, to drive the services forward as part of the Home Treatment Team. You will possess the ability to work autonomously, multitask and be self-organised, promoting further development and influence high quality clinical practice. You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of high standards of safe patient care in line with National guidance. You will monitor and implement local management and treatment protocols and pathways. In return we will be committed to supporting your professional training needs and personal development plan. The successful candidate will receive a good opportunity to develop a range of skills within a varied portfolio, with the support of an existing network of supportive and experienced Lead Occupational Therapist, matrons Ward Team managers.  

The successful candidate is required to work full time-30 hrs and will be included in the Trust on call cover, training will be provided. The post covers services that are spread across the city. If you are a dynamic occupational Therapist who is committed to the role of Occupational therapy the Home Treatment Team in mental health setting this will be the post for you.  

Working for our organisation

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.  Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year.  We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.  If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.

Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.

All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your first week with us.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.

If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The subscription will cost you £13 a year but the Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.

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