Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Neuropsychiatry

Job overview

We are looking for a Band 6 occupational therapist to work within the neuropsychiatry department at the Barberry National Centre for Mental Health. The post is full time, for 37.5 hours per week.

This will be an ideal opportunity for someone with an interest in working across the areas of neurology and psychiatry to gain new knowledge, skills and broaden their experience in this specialist area with patients across the West Midlands.

The post offers opportunities to improve your knowledge and skills in self-management packages, as well as initial assessments and treatment approaches for complex conditions. This is an excellent opportunity to improve your clinical confidence and decision-making skills with support and is very suitable for someone who is highly motivated and adaptable. This will be within a well established and supportive OT team of 4 other Band 6 OTs and a Band 7 clinical specialist OT and other multidisciplinary team members.

This post would be particularly to support our outpatient occupational therapy service for people both online and face to face in clinic and people’s homes.

Main duties of the job

• To work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.
• To manage a defined caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in a range of settings.
• To maintain multidisciplinary clinical records.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated service, holding responsibility for defined projects.
• To regularly supervise occupational therapy students on placement.
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision and appraisal.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the trust occupational therapy service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

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.