Senior Occupational Therapist - Crisis Team

Job overview

"Imagine working in the Derbyshire"

We are an experienced, knowledgeable and welcoming team and we are looking for an empathetic Band 6 Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in mental health to join us in South Derbyshire and City to work in the community.

Here's what the team think:

• Working in the South Derbyshire and the City appeals to staff as it offers both city and rural county areas.
• Good teamwork and support!
• Open culture. Friendly and supportive.
• Great team spirit and work ethic.
• Opportunities for training are good. locality is perfect.
• It's supportive.  You feel encouraged and valued.  The work is varied.  You feel respected and listened to.
• Most supportive and lovely team I have ever worked with, I enjoy coming into work!
• The job itself, teamworking, enthusiastic, passionate colleagues, working in South Derbyshire and City.

We are willing to be flexible therefore shift pattern will be Early (8am-4pm) Late (12-8pm) Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be working within a community older adult crisis mental health service, providing specialist dementia assessment and treatment to service users with a range of health conditions.

In this role you will assess, implement and develop an OT treatment programme according to the person's diagnosis and identified needs.

You will be able to manage a diverse caseload and work closely with the multi-disciplinary team, giving you the opportunity to work with CPNs, Inpatient Wards, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists and other disciplines within the team.

You will be involved in service development and quality improvement projects as we develop OT pathways across the organisation, build links with our partnership organisations in the community.

You will be part of the wider Occupational Therapy Community in Derbyshire Healthcare, contributing to CPD events, practice development opportunities and workforce development.

You will be involved in the development of our support staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

We are a 7 day a week service working 8-8 Mon-Fri and 9-5 Sat/Sun.