Occupational Therapist- Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 OT into the inpatient mental health wards in West Suffolk.  It is an exciting time for the team as it is now led by an AHP team lead and coming together as one team across adult and older adult wards.  The AHP  team has Physio, OT, OT assistants, activity workers and a fitness instructor.  In this role, you would be working closely with a band 5 OT to provide OT assessment and interventions on the adult acute wards.

There is access to a gym, ADL kitchen and an established therapeutic garden on site.  In this role there is opportunity to offer a holistic approach, issuing equipment, facilitating groups, liaising with family and carers and facilitating home assessments.

The ward MDT consists of nurses, psychology, psychiatrists  and peer support workers. This is a dedicated OT role with the opportunity to be creative when planning interventions.  If supporting  recovery during an acute mental health admission is something you are interested in please apply for this post.

Main duties of the job

As Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for:

Assessment of Activities of Daily Living

Report writing

Occupational Formulation

Planning and carrying out interventions

Contributing to care planning and risk assessment

Oversee the process and implementation of service user meal preparation

Group facilitation

Promoting recovery approach within the wider MDT

Support discharge planning, working with community teams

Provide outreach visits where indicated as part of the discharge process

Helping to oversee the ward timetable and also taking a lead in creating individual weekly planners based on level of functioning and goals.

Attending reviews and professionals meetings

Establishing and maintaining links with community services

Supervision of band 5 OT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the generic job description attached. This is an inpatient adult mental health role and will require supervision and development of a band 5 OT.