Overview
Contract Type: Full time – 37.5 hours per week ((Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata)
Salary: £32,602 – £48,778 (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and join our dynamic Occupational Therapy team in Waverley Community Mental Health Recovery Service.
We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to offering extensive, co-ordinated CPD programmes including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference.
Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:
- To provide supervision (if relevant to post) and mentoring to junior occupational therapy staff, occupational therapy apprentices, activity coordinators and support workers.
- To provide clinical placements for occupational therapy students.
- To lead on project work relevant to the team/service, with support from the Lead Occupational Therapist.
- To provide high quality occupational therapy assessments for people who access the service, adapting the approach as and when needed.
- To provide evidence based and outcome measured occupational therapy interventions (individual and group), as outlined in the occupational therapy pathway.
- To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area.
- To communicate complex and challenging issues in an effective and compassionate way with people who access services, carers/family members/supporters, other clinicians and agencies/services.
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures.
- To engage in your own CPD to ensure that you have the knowledge and skills to deliver high quality occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapy professional qualification; HCPC
- B6 additionally Completion of Fieldwork educators’ course
Desirable criteria
- Completion of a Fieldwork Educators’ course
Experience
Essential criteria
- B5 Experience working with people with mental health (can be pre- qualification)
- B5/6 Experience of using relevant occupational therapy assessment and implementing interventions
- B6 Experience of contributing to service development/project work
- B6 Experience as a supervisor
Desirable criteria
- Experience of contributing to service development/project work
- Experience of group facilitation
- Experience of supporting students on placement
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
