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Do you want to work in an area of outstanding natural beauty?

Then look no further South Shropshire Mental Health Service is looking to recruit a Full Time Occupational Therapist to enhance holistic patient care. The successful post holder would be mainly based in Ludlow but as the service expands there may be an option for the post holder to move their main base to Bridgnorth. The post offers the ability to work individually with a group of service users as key worker to ensure that pathways of care consider Occupational Therapy models of care.

There is also opportunity to develop group work and to be part of the Duty team offering practical day to day solutions for patients in distress. Support is offered from both within the team and the wider Occupational Therapy Team as well as opportunities for training to enhance skills and Models of Occupational Therapy.

The successful applicant will be able to offer supervision to AHP students and support workers as well as be an active part of both the internal MDT and wider Integrated Mental Health Care Planning Forums at PCN level.

Interested in the role then please contact Terri Greenhalgh Operational Lead on 0300 303 3426

Please note previous applicants can re-apply. 

Main duties of the job

• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans.
•  Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• Deliver a range of non-pharmacological interventions following specific occupational therapy assessments to enable understanding of any expression of an unmet need and to maximise an individual’s abilities.
•  Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence. 
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process.
• Support in the provision of formal and informal training of pre/post registration students, staff members, carers and service users.
• Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.