Job Title: Band 6 Occupational Therapist
Trust: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS FT
Location: Elmleigh Hospital 61A New Ln, Havant PO9 2JJ
Ward: Sapphire and Ruby Ward
Pay Rates: £24.61 per hour
Shift Patterns: Monday – Friday, 8am-4pm/9am- 5pm (37.5 hour week)
Placement ref: 89709
Responsibilities
- To work with service users to identify treatment goals as part of the overall care plan; using specialist mental health and occupational therapy assessment tools.
- To hold a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs, including evaluating referrals for intervention and priorities for treatment.
- To plan and implement evidence based client centred individual and/or group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
- To critically evaluate outcomes including assessment and management of risk.
- To apply clinical reasoning skills to effectively manage clinical caseloads.
- To use a broad range of standardised and non-standardised assessments appropriate to model of practice.
- To work alongside other professionals and external agencies to provide assessment and ongoing treatment.
- To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client’s social and physical environment
Qualifications
- HCPC registration
- Diploma/degree in OT
- Post graduation training relevant to mental health
- An up-to-date CPD portfolio
- Experience of working in a mental health environment for a minimum of two years
- Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions relevant to client group
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
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Pay: £24.61 per hour
Work Location: In person
