Specialist Community Occupational Therapist

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Specialist Mental Health Occupational Therapists - 2posts - Band 6 (30 hours)

Post 1: St Peters Health & Social Care Centre,Sparkenhoe Street, Leicester, LE2 0TA

Post 2: Charnwood Neighbourhood Mental Health Team,Loughborough Hospital. Entrance 3, Hospital Way , Loughborough, LE11 5JY

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where weoffer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive,innovative and dynamic work environment!

Are you an enthusiastic Band 6 Specialist Mental HealthOccupational Therapists, or highly experienced B5 occupational therapists withthe relevant skills and knowledge who are looking for their next steps in yourcareer?

The post at Charnwood NMHT will also be working into NorthWest Leicestershire Neighbouring Mental Health Team which is based inCoalville. You need a high level of autonomy, working predominantly withinpatients own homes/ environments and community settings, as well as utilisingphone and video appointments.

We offer a blended approach to working and you will besupported to work from home as well as at an office base, depending on team andpatient need.

Contact Details: Joanne Hall ([email protected])or Lyndsey Dalton ([email protected])

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate theTrusts values in everything you do in the work environment and live up the LPTPledge, being responsible in the use and expenditure of the Trusts resourcesthat you utilise, and be able to deliver Effective Healthcare within theorganisation

We offer a blended approach to working and you will besupported to work from home as well as at an office base, depending on team andpatient need.

You must be able to establish therapeutic relationships withpeople to support their recovery journey through thorough assessment,collaborative goal setting, intervention planning and delivery.

You will delegate appropriate tasks / interventions to othermembers of the OT team, monitoring their work and supporting them to enhancetheir skills, competencies, and confidence.

You will have strong engagement and motivational skills andbe flexible in working with patients with severe and enduring complex mentalhealth needs.

You will clinically supervise junior members of staff andyou will also be provided with professional and management supervision.

For more information please view the attached JobDescription and Person Specification.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficientnumber of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

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Job responsibilities

Please click onto Apply for this job and you will bere-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description andperson specification.

This document outlines the full range of criteria thatare required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet thecriteria in the job description and person specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please click onto Apply for this job and you will bere-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description andperson specification.

This document outlines the full range of criteria thatare required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet thecriteria in the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

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Person Specification
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address

Loughborough Community Hospital

Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way

Loughborough

Leicester

LE11 5JY

United Kingdom

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