Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.
We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For further supporting information to help you apply for this role please see documents attached under ‘Additional documents’.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Community mental health teams (CMHT). We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist who has a passion for mental health, is highly motivated and enthusiastic. You will be part of a dynamic, supportive and diverse multi-disciplinary team. You will receive regular supervision with opportunities to develop clinical and professional practice in line with service user and organisational values.
Main duties of the job
You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist, preferably with experience of working with severe and enduring mental health service users. You will be responsible for care co-ordinating a set caseload alongside Occupational Therapy specific cases. You will have experience of utilising a variety of OT interventions and have a good knowledge and experience of the Model of Human Occupation and associated assessments. You will participate and support the CMHT duty system and be responsible for managing the mental health needs of service users referred to the team.
Working for our organisation
As a trust we are committed to ensuring staffs wellbeing, providing access to various networks, trust wide mindfulness groups, self-referral physio services, staff counselling. In addition to this you will have access to the Vivup services, Car lease schemes and other benefits.
We encourage site visits so to arrange an informal visit or for an informal discussion about this post please contact us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the information listed above, the ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent communication skills in regular contacts with service users, families and carers as well as other professionals.
- Experience of working closely with Multi-Disciplinary Teams, as well as wider inter-agency teams.
- Compassion, Empathy and a Caring approach with every interaction, in line with the Trust’s behaviours.
- A detailed knowledge of the ‘Model of Human Occupation’ as well as ‘Occupational Formulation’, and experience of using this in practice.
- A flexible approach to the post, both in relation to engaging service users, but also to support the service in meeting its needs.
- Enable and empower service users through clinical work, as well as fellow staff and students through facilitating supervisions.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration Degree (3)
Expereince
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post registration relevant to Mental Health practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to carry a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
- Experience of Supervision
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Post registration research
Skills/Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Commitment to client-centred, non discriminatory practice
Trust Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Be compassionate, empathetic and caring to everyone
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Veronica Stokes
- Job title
- Occupational Therapy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 443640
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