Position Overview & Specifications

Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Do you want to work with older adults with dementia, mental health and physical health needs in a multidisciplinary inpatient setting whilst promoting evidence-based practice?

Are you an autonomous Occupational Therapist who can provide Occupational Therapy specific assessment, treatment/interventions and contribute to planning and evaluating services? Then this is the job for you.

To work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to assess and treat older people with dementia and mental health support needs, enabling future accommodation/care to be identified in line with individual preference and best interest.
To be responsible for their own caseload on Sally Sherman ward, providing Occupational Therapy specific assessment, treatment/interventions via a range of individual and/or group treatments.
To provide Occupational Therapy input for a small caseload of older people with dementia and mental health support needs on Fothergill Step Down ward and feedback to the MDT Team as appropriate.
To develop and maintain links with Community services and relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies.
To provide clinical supervision and support practice education when required.
To contribute to the planning and evaluation of the services.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

To manage a client caseload, liaising with the multi-disciplinary team to provide Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment within the units.
To assess client’s mental state, identify any significant risk factors pertaining to home/community integration, and undertake risk assessments, liaising with relevant dementia care/community team.

To promote and apply evidenced based practice to service delivery.For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

For contact information please see below.

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