Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

The Middlesbrough Community Mental Health Team are looking to recruit a confident, and enthusiastic Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) to join their team working alongside our existing Lead Occupational Therapist, and Occupational Therapist, as part of a diverse multidisciplinary team.

This post is suitable for an existing Band 6 or a post-preceptorship Band 5 therapist who has developed their skills and is ready for a new opportunity within community adult mental health services.

The OT Hub provides specialist advice, assessment, support and intervention for people with a mental health diagnosis.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self care, productivity and leisure.
• To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
• To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
• To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway.

All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and involve families/carers.

The ability to engage and communicate with adults with mental health needs and/or neurodiversity as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.

There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.