Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Are you looking for a new role working with children and young people?

Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist seeking a new challenge?

We are looking for a full time Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Highfield Unit - you will support our multi professional team in assessing, treating and evaluating referred patients, in order to enable continuity of care. The role will include carrying out assessment directly for children and young people with the support of the team around you, additionally you will support the team to consider the needs of children and young people in the pathway and support greater understanding and consideration of occupational therapy in this space.

You will join a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities to grow in your career and continuing professional development. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.

Main duties of the job

• To develop and provide a quality needs led Occupational Therapy service as part of the multidisciplinary team for the Highfield Unit.
• To provide an Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and evaluation process for referred patients in collaboration with professional colleagues and clinical services, in order to enable continuity of care.
• To take a leading role in the development of Occupational Therapy services or specialist programmes for young people with mental health problems.
• The post will be delivered flexibly, with some evening and weekend work included.

Please note, the responsibilities of this role may change whilst it is subject to the job evaluation process

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.