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The Bedfordshire and Luton Occupational Therapy service are seeking an occupational therapist to join our Older Adults Community Mental Health & Memory Assessment Team as a Band 6, working within Luton and across South-Bedfordshire.
We are looking to recruit an OT with past experience of working with older people with a mental health diagosis and/or dementia. You will demonstrate sound clinical assessment skills and offer specialist OT interventions utilising assessment and evaluation tools drawn from the Model of Human Occupation.
We would consider applications from newly qualified/Band 5 OT's as we do offer a Band 5 development programme to support skill progression over an 18month period to progress to a Band 6.
Within the role, you will primarily manage a community caseload within the Older Persons Luton/South-Bedfordshire area as well as providing day-to-day management of junior staff within the team and supporting with service development. There may be times where you will be expected to support with clinical cases countywide (across Bedfordshire & Luton). The role will provide opportunity to work across both the community mental health teams and the memory assessment services.
We are a dynamic and forward thinking team that actively encourages and supports professional and service development. We are looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist who is enthusiastic about working in mental health, and can demonstrate sound clinical and leadership skills. We would require you to have the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team, and to have good workload management skills and a compassionate approach to service users and staff.