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Job summary

Main area
Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
444-6772167-BL
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Brooklands Hospital
Town
Marston Green
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Specialist Occupational Therapist

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

We are looking to recruit an innovative and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist with experience of working in learning disability and/or Autism services to work within Secure Services at Brooklands Hospital.  

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be required to manage a designated caseload within Secure Services; assessing need and planning and implementing appropriate interventions to reduce risk and to promote opportunities to develop and build skills. As part of the role, there will be the expectation to support the wider Occupational Therapy team by contributing to service development and providing supervision and support as required to more junior colleagues. 

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
•    generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
•    excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
•    salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
•    discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
•    wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
•    staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information regarding this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • PgD or BSc in Occupational Therapy
  • Current Registration with Health Professions Council without restriction

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in working in Learning disability and/or mental health services
  • Evidence of effective caseload management
  • Experience of supervising qualified and/or unqualified staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

National Interim Quality MarkNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Booth
Job title
Highly Specialist Lead Speech & Language Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0121 3294941
Additional information

Thuy Hoang, Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, Secure Services

[email protected] / 0121 3294916

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